NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-31

Launch Time
Tue Apr 24, 1990 12:33 UTC

Rocket

Space Shuttle Discovery
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $450.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 30,250 kN
Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 56.1 m

Vehicles

Edwards Runway 22

OV-103

Flight #10
153 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-31

The primary payload was the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), deployed in a 380 statute mile (612 kilometers (380 mi)) orbit. The shuttle's orbit in this mission was its highest orbit up to that date, in order for HST to be released near its operational altitude well outside the atmosphere. Discovery orbited the Earth 80 times during the mission.

Total Mass: 11,878.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1990

39th orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

35th mission
3rd mission of 1990
34th successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission