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Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099
Launched 1984-02-03 13:00 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
11th
orbital launch attempt in 1984
Lockheed Space Operations Company
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
66 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-41-B was the tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed 2 communication satellites and inluded the first untethered spacewalk. It was also the first shuttle mission to land at Kennedy Space Center.
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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