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
To this date
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 Spots a Squid in the Whale
Today’s rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, which sits 45 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale). The designation Messier 77 comes from...
Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light
As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) shared new images that revisited stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new processing techniques. ESA/Hubble rele...
Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light
As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) shared new images that revisited stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new processing techniques. ESA/Hubble rele...
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