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1984 · Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-51-A

successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-A

STS-51-A was the fourteenth flight of the Space Shuttle program and second flight for the Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission lasted 8 days and deployed a number of 10 satellites.

Overview

Date / time
November 8, 1984 at 12:15 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
STS-51-A
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company →

Payloads deployed · 3

ARABSAT-1D (ANIK D2)
GEO
LEASAT 1
GEO
STS 51A
LEO