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

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Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy

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