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STS-51-L

Challenger

Twenty-fifth flight of the American Space Shuttle program.

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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

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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

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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
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