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STS-51-A

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time8 Nov 198412:15 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: STS-51-A

Multiple comsat deployments.

Retrieval of two other comsats (Palapa B2 and Westar VI), which were subsequently refurbished on Earth and reflown.

Space ShuttleDiscovery

launched from Kennedy Space Center, LC-39USA