Mission record
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-F
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 Jul 1985 21:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#2968 ever
Mission
STS-51-F was the nineteenth flight of the shuttle program and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It flew in orbit for 8 days performing science in Spacelab 2.