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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Launched 1985-10-03 15:15:30 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
95th
orbital launch attempt in 1985
Lockheed Space Operations Company
7th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
7th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
37 d 4 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-51-J was the twenty-first space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the second mission dedicated to deploying a Department of Defence payload. It was a classified mission however we do know that it deployed two 10 satellites.
Launches
65
Successful
64
98%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
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