STS-51-D

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

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STS-51-D canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
carriedPayload Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System NERFINISHED
Getaway Special canisters NERFINISHED
Materials processing experiments
Protein crystal growth experiments
Shuttle Student Involvement Program experiments
Syncom IV-3 (Leasat 3) NERFINISHED
Telesat Anik C1 NERFINISHED
rendezvous evaluation pod (REP) NERFINISHED
commander Karol J. Bobko NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize 7
issue failure of Syncom IV-3 to activate after deployment
landingDate 1985-04-19
landingMethod runway landing
landingSite Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED
launchDate 1985-04-12
launchMass 115574 kg
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
missionDuration 6 days 23 hours 55 minutes
missionOutcome partial success
missionPatch STS-51-D mission patch
missionPurpose deployment of communications satellites
rendezvous and proximity operations test
scientific experiments in microgravity
missionSpecialist David M. Griggs NERFINISHED
Jeffrey A. Hoffman NERFINISHED
Rhea Seddon NERFINISHED
nextMission STS-51-B NERFINISHED
notableFeature first sitting U.S. senator to fly in space
operator NASA
orbit low Earth orbit
orbitApogee 362 km
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees
orbitPerigee 352 km
orbitPeriod 91.6 minutes
payloadSpecialist Charles D. Walker NERFINISHED
Jake Garn NERFINISHED
performed unscheduled rendezvous attempt with Syncom IV-3
pilot Donald E. Williams NERFINISHED
previousMission STS-51-C NERFINISHED
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
reentry controlled deorbit burn followed by atmospheric reentry
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED
spacecraftSerialNumber OV-103 NERFINISHED
spaceShuttle Discovery NERFINISHED
usedHardware improvised flyswatter device on RMS

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Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C followedBy STS-51-D
subject surface form: STS-51-C
Jeffrey A. Hoffman mission STS-51-D
STS-51-C nextMission STS-51-D