LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Wed Oct 30 1985
Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-61-A

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

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(5:00 PM UTC)

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(5:00 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Space Shuttle

Description:

Space Shuttle rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type:
  • STS-61-A was the twenty-second space shuttle flight and ninth for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was a scientific spacelab mission funded entirely by West Germany. The payload operations were controlled from the German Space Operations Center as opposed to the regular NASA centers.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A