Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-51-I

Space Shuttle

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, August 27, 1985 · 10:58 UTC

Mission

/01

STS-51-I was the twentieth of the shuttle program and sixth of Space Shuttle Discovery. It deployed three 10 satellites and then repaired a malfunctioning satellite. This mission required two EVAs.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Space Shuttle

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608° N, 80.604° W

32

Pad Launches

37

Location Launches

11

Agency Launches

77

Orbital This Year

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