Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)

Launch information

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Mission description

STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the space shuttle program. Discovery's tenth mission deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)’.

Launch image 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.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
20579 STS 31 LEO 28.47 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed
20580 HST LEO 28.47 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

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

To this date

Location Launch

#52

To this date

Pad Launch

#14

To this date

Agency Launch

#26

To this date

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.

News about space launch Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)
Hubble Surveys Supernova-Rich Spiral

Rich with detail, the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 1309 shines in this Hubble Space Telescope image.

News about space launch Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)
A supernova-rich spiral

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News about space launch Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)
Hubble Spies Swirling Spiral

The swirling spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is NGC 3285B, which resides 137 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra (the Water Snake). Hydra has the largest area of the 88 constellations that cover the entire sky i...


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