STS-51-A

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Mission emblem
Mission emblem STS-51-A
Mission dates
Mission: STS-51-A
COSPAR-ID : 1984-113A
Crew: 5
Begin: November 8, 1984, 12:15:00  UTC
Starting place: Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A
Number of EVA : 2
Landing: November 16, 1984, 11:59:56 UTC
Landing place: Kennedy Space Center, Lane 15
Flight duration: 7d 23h 44m 56s
Earth orbits: 133
Track height: 340 km
Orbit inclination : 28.5 °
Covered track: 5.2 million km
Payload: TELESAT-H and SYNCOM IV-I
Team photo
v. l. No. Dale Gardner, David M. Walker, Anna Fisher, Frederick Hauck, Joseph Allen
v. l. No. Dale Gardner, David M. Walker, Anna Fisher, Frederick Hauck, Joseph Allen
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STS-41-G STS-51-C

STS-51-A ( 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 November 8, 1984. It was the 14th space shuttle mission and the second flight of the space shuttle Discovery.

team

With Frederick Hauck, an astronaut of the eighth astronaut group of NASA from 1978 received the command of a space shuttle for the first time.

Mission overview

Dale Gardner has satellites for sale

The planned start of the Discovery on November 7th was canceled due to a sudden change in weather at T-20 minutes. The second attempt on November 8th went according to plan.

The mission was very much focused on NASA's satellite business. First the two satellites TELESAT-H and SYNCOM IV-I (also known as LEASAT-1) were deployed. Subsequently, the satellites PALAPA-B2 and WESTAR-VI, which had been deployed on the STS-41-B mission but were unable to reach the desired geostationary orbit due to an engine failure, were brought on board the shuttle by Allen and Gardner during two space exits and taken back to earth.

The DMOS and RME experiments were also carried out.

See also

Web links

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