LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Apr 12 1985
Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-D
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
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MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- STS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of the shuttle and fourth for the Space Shuttle Discovery. Its mission was to deploy a number of 10 satellites. The landing suffered extensive brake damaged and a ruptured tire. All subsequent landings had to be done at the Edwards Air Force Base until the development and implementation of nose steering.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39A