Space Shuttle mission STS-51-I

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Space Shuttle mission STS-51-I was a 1985 NASA flight of orbiter Discovery focused on deploying and repairing communications satellites in low Earth orbit.

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instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
callsign Discovery
commander Joe Engle
surface form: Joe H. Engle
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewNationality American
crewSize 5
EVA James D. van Hoften
William F. Fisher NERFINISHED
EVAcount 2
EVApurpose repair and reboost of Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3)
satellite handling operations
followedBy STS-51-J
landingDate 1985-09-03
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
launchDate 1985-08-27
launchMass about 115000 kg
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
missionDuration 7 days 2 hours 17 minutes
missionFocus commercial communications satellites
satellite servicing in orbit
missionObjective deployment of communications satellites
repair of communications satellites
retrieval of communications satellites
missionSpecialist James D. van Hoften
John M. Lounge
William F. Fisher NERFINISHED
missionType satellite deployment and repair mission
notableFeature first successful on-orbit repair and reboost of a Leasat satellite
operator NASA
orbit low Earth orbit
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees
orbitPeriod about 90 minutes
pilot Richard O. Covey
precededBy STS-51-F
primaryPayload ASC-1 communications satellite
Aussat-1 communications satellite
Syncom IV-4 (Leasat-4) communications satellite
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
repairedSatellite Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3)
retrievedSatellite Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3)
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
spacecraftSerial OV-103
yearOfSpaceflight 1985

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Joe Engle notableWork Space Shuttle mission STS-51-I