Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
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