Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C
STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first…
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
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Mission Profile
STS-51-C was a Space Shuttle mission operated by Lockheed Space Operations Company that lifted off from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 24, 1985. The flight carried its payload on a government/top secret mission to Low Earth Orbit. It was flown as part of the Space Shuttle program. The launch was a success.