LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Wed Nov 27 1985
Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-61-B

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(12:29 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(12:29 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(12:29 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Space Shuttle

Description:

Space Shuttle rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • STS-61-B was the twenty-third space shuttle mission and the second for the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle was launched for Kennedy Space Center and the shuttle deployed three communicates satellites. It also tested techniques for constructing structures in orbit. This mission marked the quickest turnaround of a shuttle, just 54 days elapsed beetween this launch and Atlantis' previous mission.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A