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STS-51-D

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time12 Apr 198513:59:05 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: STS-51-D

Multiple comsat deployments.

First flight of a sitting politician in space, Jake Garn.

First impromptu Extravehicular activity of program to fix Syncom F3 (Leasat 3).

Space ShuttleDiscovery

launched from Kennedy Space Center, LC-39USA