Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C

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Space Shuttle mission classified military spaceflight

Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C was a 1985 classified U.S. Department of Defense flight of the orbiter Discovery, notable as the first space mission flown by astronaut Ellison Onizuka.

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Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
classified military spaceflight ⓘ
classifiedBy Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
commander Ken Mattingly ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewMember Ellison Onizuka ⓘ
surface form: Ellison S. Onizuka

Gary E. Payton ⓘ
James F. Buchli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ken Mattingly ⓘ
Loren J. Shriver ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
firstDepartmentOfDefenseMissionOf Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
firstSpaceflightOf Ellison Onizuka ⓘ
surface form: Ellison S. Onizuka
followedBy STS-51-D ⓘ
landingDate 1985-01-27 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
Runway 15, Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate 1985-01-24 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
LC-39A ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
missionDuration 3 days 1 hour 33 minutes ⓘ
missionDurationHours 73.55 ⓘ
missionNumberForDiscovery 3 ⓘ
missionSpecialist Ellison Onizuka ⓘ
surface form: Ellison S. Onizuka

James F. Buchli NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionType Department of Defense mission ⓘ
classified payload deployment ⓘ
NASAProgram Space Transportation System ⓘ
surface form: STS (Space Transportation System)
notableFor first dedicated Department of Defense mission for orbiter Discovery ⓘ
first spaceflight of astronaut Ellison Onizuka ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
orbitApogeeKilometers ~332 ⓘ
orbiter Discovery ⓘ
orbitInclinationDegrees 28.45 ⓘ
orbitPerigeeKilometers ~316 ⓘ
orbitPeriodMinutes ~90 ⓘ
payload Magnum ELINT satellite (reported) ⓘ
payloadSpecialist Gary E. Payton ⓘ
payloadType signals intelligence satellite ⓘ
pilot Loren J. Shriver ⓘ
precededBy STS-51A ⓘ
surface form: STS-51-A
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
spacecraftSerialNumber OV-103 ⓘ
spaceShuttleOrbiter Discovery ⓘ
spaceShuttleProgram NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
yearOfSpaceflight 1985 ⓘ

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Ellison Onizuka → notableWork → Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C ⓘ