Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sun, 12 Sep 1993 11:45:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#3845 ever
Mission
STS-51 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that launched the Advanced 10 Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. The flight also featured the deployment and retrieval of the SPAS-ORFEUS satellite and its IMAX camera, which captured spectacular footage of Discovery in space. A spacewalk was also performed during the mission to evaluate tools and techniques for the STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission later that year.