STS-51-I

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

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STS-51-I canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
apsis gee
commander Joe Engle
surface form: Joe H. Engle
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember James D. van Hoften
surface form: James D. A. van Hoften

Joe Engle
surface form: Joe H. Engle

John M. Lounge
Richard O. Covey
William F. Fisher NERFINISHED
crewSize 5
EVACount 2
EVADuration 11 hours
51 minutes
EVAPerformedBy James D. van Hoften
surface form: James D. A. van Hoften

William F. Fisher NERFINISHED
inclination 28.45 degrees
landingDate 1985-09-03
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
launchDate 1985-08-27
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
missionDuration 1 hour
38 minutes
52 seconds
7 days
missionSpecialist James D. van Hoften
surface form: James D. A. van Hoften

John M. Lounge
William F. Fisher NERFINISHED
missionType satellite deployment
satellite repair
nextMission STS-51-J
notableFor on-orbit repair of a malfunctioning communications satellite
objective deploy ASC-1 communications satellite
deploy Aussat-1 communications satellite
retrieve and repair Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3)
service Syncom IV-4 (Leasat-4)
operator NASA
orbit low Earth orbit
surface form: Low Earth orbit
payloadDeployed ASC-1
Aussat-1
payloadServiced Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3)
Syncom IV-4 (Leasat-4) communications satellite
surface form: Syncom IV-4 (Leasat-4)
pilot Richard O. Covey
previousMission 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
shuttleMissionNumber 20th Space Shuttle mission overall
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
spacecraftFlightNumber Discovery flight 6
spaceShuttle Discovery
yearOfSpaceflight 1985

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Joe Engle spaceMission STS-51-I
John M. Lounge spaceMission STS-51-I
Richard O. Covey spaceMission STS-51-I