Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: April 24, 1990, 12:33 p.m.
Timezone: America/New_York
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
STS-31 (Hubble) (LEO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
Lockheed Space Operations Company |
Rocket |
Space Shuttle |
Location |
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA |
Pad |
Launch Complex 39B |
Type |
Astrophysics |
Orbit |
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) |
Satellites on-board
Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.
Launch statistics
Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.
Orbital Launch
#3515
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Location Launch
#52
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Pad Launch
#14
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Agency Launch
#26
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Orbital Launch
#39
Year 1990
Location Launch
#3
Year 1990
Pad Launch
#1
Year 1990
Agency Launch
#3
Year 1990
Latest news about the launch
News about the space mission ‘Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)’ are fetched daily from the best sources online.
Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation Virgo. While the galaxy and the star appear to be close to one another, even overlapping, they’re actually a great distan...
Hubble Unveils a Glittering View of Sh2-284
A tiny fraction of the stellar nursery known as Sh2-284 is visible in this glittering, star-filled NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. This immense region of gas and dust is the birthing place of stars, which shine among the clouds. Bright clusters of newb...
Hubble Jams With A Cosmic Guitar
Arp 105 is a dazzling ongoing merger between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy drawn together by gravity, characterized by a long, drawn out tidal tail of stars and gas more than 362,000 light-years long. The immense tail, which extends beyond this...
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