This page no longer updated from 31 October 2001. Latest version can be found at
www.astronautix.com
astronautix.com
STS-51-I
Crew
Covey
Engle
Fisher William
Lounge
van Hoften
27 August 1985
11:16 GMT.
Duration
: 7.10 days.
Call Sign
: Discovery.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC39A.
Launch Vehicle
:
Shuttle
.
LV Configuration
: STS-27 (51-I). Program:
STS
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spaceplane.
Spacecraft
:
Discovery
.
Payload
: Discovery F06 / Syncom-4 4 [Orbus-7S] / Aussat A1.
Mass
: 19,952 kg.
Perigee
: 351 km.
Apogee
: 364 km.
Inclination
: 28.5 deg.
Period
: 91.7 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
33
.
STS-51-I
- Aerial view of the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 51-I mission
Credit: NASA. 11,604 bytes. 408 x 408 pixels.
