STS-51-A
Success
NOV 08198412:15:00 UTCMultiple comsat deployments.
Retrieval of two other comsats (Palapa B2 and Westar VI), which were subsequently refurbished on Earth and reflown.
LIFTOFF
NOV 08 198412:15:00 UTC
Success
launched from LC-39 Kennedy
aboard Space Shuttle Discovery STS-51-A into LEO
Crew · 5
- 01 Frederick H. Hauck from USA
- 02 David M. Walker from USA
- 03 Joseph P. Allen from USA
- 04 Anna Lee Fisher from USA
- 05 Dale A. Gardner from USA