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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Launched 1985-11-27 00:29 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
113th
orbital launch attempt in 1985
Lockheed Space Operations Company
9th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
9th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
27 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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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