STS-41-D

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Mission emblem
Mission emblem STS-41-D
Mission dates
Mission: STS-41-D
COSPAR-ID : 1984-093A
Crew: 6th
Begin: August 30, 1984, 12:41:50  UTC
Starting place: Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A
Landing: September 5, 1984, 13:37:54 UTC
Landing place: Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 17
Flight duration: 6d 0h 56m 04s
Earth orbits: 97
Track height: 340 km
Orbit inclination : 28.5 °
Covered track: 4.0 million km
Payload: SBS-D, SYNCOM IV-2, TELSTAR
Team photo
v. l. No. Front: Richard Mullane, Steven Hawley, Henry Hartsfield, Michael Coats; Back: Charles Walker, Judith Resnik
v. l. No. Front: Richard Mullane, Steven Hawley, Henry Hartsfield, Michael Coats;
Back: Charles Walker, Judith Resnik
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STS-41-C STS-41-G

STS-41-D ( english S pace T ransportation S ystem ) is a mission designation for the US Space Shuttle Discovery ( OV -103) of NASA . The launch took place on August 30, 1984. It was the twelfth space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the space shuttle Discovery.

team

Mission overview

The ferry was originally scheduled to start on June 25, 1984. However, the start was canceled at T-9 minutes because the backup systems failed. The next attempt on June 26, 1984 was not even interrupted until T-6 seconds. An anomaly was discovered in the third main engine. Back in the Orbiter Processing Facility , the shuttle got a new engine. In addition, the cargo from mission STS-41-F was taken on board and flight STS-41-F was completely canceled. A software error prevented the third attempt at take-off on August 29, 1984, and even the final take-off was delayed again by 6 minutes and 50 seconds because an aircraft had penetrated into the airspace of Cape Canaveral.

Three satellites were deployed during the flight: Satellite Business System SBS-D, SYNCOM IV-2 (also known as LEASAT2) and TELSTAR.

The IMAX camera from the last mission also flew with me again.

With Charles Walker, the first US industrial astronaut was on board. Walker was not a NASA astronaut, he came from the US aerospace company McDonnell Douglas .

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Commons : STS-41-D  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files