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

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

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