STS-51-L

Military/Government

LAUNCH WINDOW

28 Jan 1986

11:39 AM UTC

Drawing of a calendar and a clock

ORBIT

LEO (290km, 28.45°)

Eccentricity:

0.017

a path of a rocket

LAUNCH SITE

Cape Canaveral

Florida, United States

VEHICLE

Space Shuttle Challenger

Operated by: NASA

Image of the Space Shuttle Challenger rocket