LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Mon Apr 04 1983
Rockwell International
STS-6
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
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Space ShuttleDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- STS-6 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into orbit for NASA, forming an integral part of NASAs in-space 10. It was also the first Space Shuttle mission involving a spacewalk. It was the first mission in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39A