STS-51-G

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STS-51-G was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed multiple communications satellites and conducted scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
STS-51-G canonical 3
Discovery STS-51-G 1
STS-51G 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
apogee approximately 353 km
callsign Discovery
carriedPayload Spartan-Halley free-flyer
surface form: Spartan-1 free-flying platform
commander Daniel C. Brandenstein
conductedExperiment life sciences experiments in low Earth orbit
microgravity materials science experiments
crewMember Daniel C. Brandenstein
John M. Fabian
John O. Creighton NERFINISHED
Patrick Baudry
Shannon Lucid
surface form: Shannon W. Lucid

Steven R. Nagel
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
crewSize 7
deployedSatellite Arabsat-1B
Morelos I
Telstar 3D
followedBy STS-51-F
inclination 28.5 degrees
landingDate 1985-06-24
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
launchDate 1985-06-17
launchMass about 116,000 kg
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
missionDuration 7 days 1 hour 39 minutes
missionSpecialist John M. Fabian
Shannon Lucid
surface form: Shannon W. Lucid

Steven R. Nagel
missionType microgravity research mission
satellite deployment mission
notableAchievement first Arab and first Muslim in space (Sultan bin Salman Al Saud)
first Frenchman in space on a NASA mission (Patrick Baudry)
operator NASA
orbit low Earth orbit
orbitsCompleted 112
payloadSpecialist Patrick Baudry
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
perigee approximately 352 km
pilot John O. Creighton NERFINISHED
precededBy STS-51-B
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
retrievedPayload Spartan-1 free-flying platform
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
spacecraftFlightNumber STS-51-G self-linksurface differs
surface form: Discovery STS-51-G
spaceShuttle Discovery

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shannon Lucid spaceMission STS-51-G
STS-51-G spacecraftFlightNumber STS-51-G self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Discovery STS-51-G
Spartan-Halley free-flyer launchedOnMission STS-51-G
this entity surface form: STS-51G