Date: 28 Apr 1991, 11:33 am UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Provider: Lockheed Space Operations Company
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its primary purpose was to conduct a variety of payload experiments for the Department of Defence.
