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
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 NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Sept. 12, 2025, 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 D...
                        Hubble observes dead star devouring Pluto-like object
With help from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in low-Earth orbit, scientists recently observed a Pluto-like… The post Hubble observes dead star devouring Pluto-like object appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
                        Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy that’s hard to categorize. The galaxy in question is NGC 2775, which lies 67 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer (the Crab). NGC 2775 sports a smooth, featureless center that is...
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