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
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.
Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This scene is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa. With a ...
ESA observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
The European Space Agency (ESA) reacted promptly to the discovery of comet 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025. Soon after they were alerted to its existence by automated detection systems, ESA astronomers began using ground-based telescopes in Hawaii, Chile, and Aus...
Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See
While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in the universe, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a galaxy with plenty to study. The galaxy, NGC 7456, is located over 51 million light-years away in the constella...
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