Mission record
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-B
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
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 29 Apr 1985 16:02:18 GMT
Orbital launch #
#2939 ever
Mission
STS-51-B was the seventeenth flight of the shuttle program and the seventh for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was the second flight for SpaceLab.