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1984 · Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-41-B

successSpace Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B

STS-41-B was the tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed 2 communication satellites and inluded the first untethered spacewalk. It was also the first shuttle mission to land at Kennedy Space Center.

Overview

Date / time
February 3, 1984 at 01:00 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
STS-41-B
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company →

Payloads deployed · 4

IRT
LEO
PALAPA B2
LEO
STS 41B
LEO
WESTAR 6
LEO