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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-51-J
Space Shuttle
Oct 3, 1985, 3:15 PM UTC
Oct 3, 1985, 3:15 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
STS-51-J was the twenty-first space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the second mission dedicated to deploying a Department of Defence payload. It was a classified mission however we do know that it deployed two 10 satellites.
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Programs
- Space Shuttle
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Location
- Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 26.6°C
- Wind
- 15 km/h @ 153°
- Sky
- Mainly clear
- Source
- open-meteo-archive