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
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Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a glittering blue dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 (Mrk 178). The galaxy, which is substantially smaller than our own Milky Way, lies 13 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major (the Gre...
A Rare Gourd
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an uncommon sight – the death of a low-mass star – in this image of the Calabash Nebula released on Feb. 3, 2017. Here, we can see the star going through a rapid transformation from a red giant to a planetary nebula,...
Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a glittering blue dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 (Mrk 178). The galaxy, which is substantially smaller than our own Milky Way, lies 13 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major (the Gre...
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