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STS-51-L
Challenger
Twenty-fifth flight of the American Space Shuttle program.
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Wikipedia | STS-51-L
Statements about
STS-51-L
Part Of
Space Shuttle Program
Follows
STS-61-C
Followed By
STS-26
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type of Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Image
Instance Of
Human Spaceflight
Commons Gallery
STS-51-L
Mass
121,778 kilogram
Applies to Part
:
Takeoff
90,584 kilogram
Applies to Part
:
Landing
21,937 kilogram
Applies to Part
:
Payload
Periapsis
285 kilometre
Relative To
:
Earth
Apoapsis
295 kilometre
Relative To
:
Earth
Orbital Period
90.4 minute
Start Point
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
Logo Image
Significant Event
Rocket Launch
(1/28/1986)
Location
:
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Point in Time
:
1/28/1986
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
(1/28/1986)
Point in Time
:
1/28/1986
Destruction
(1/28/1986)
Unnamed
:
bug: P770
Point in Time
:
1/28/1986
Has Part(s)
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
External Pages About STS-51-L
Encyclopædia Britannica Online