LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Mon Jun 17 1985
Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-51-G
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(11:33 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(11:33 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(11:33 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
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Rocket Details
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Space ShuttleDescription:
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MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- STS-51-G was the eighteenth flight of the shuttle program and fifth for Space Shuttle Discovery. Sultan Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; he became the first Arab, the first Muslim and first member of a royal family to fly into space. It was the first shuttle flight to fly without an astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era. Its mission was to deploy 3 10 satellites.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39A