launched from USA

STS-51-I

Success
AUG 27198510:58:01 UTC

Multiple comsat deployments.

Rescue of Syncom F3 (Leasat-3).

launched from LC-39 Kennedy

aboard Space Shuttle Discovery STS-51-I into LEO

Crew · 5

  • 01 Joe H. Engle from USA
  • 02 Richard O. Covey from USA
  • 03 James D. van Hoften from USA
  • 04 John M. Lounge from USA
  • 05 William F. Fisher from USA