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Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099
Launched 1983-08-30 06:32 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
90th
orbital launch attempt in 1983
Rockwell International
3rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
72 d 18 h
since the pad's previous launch
STS-8 was the third mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed an Indian 10 and Weather satellite. It was the first night launch and night landing of the Shuttle program. It also carried the first African-American astronaut; Guion Bluford.
Launches
8
Successful
8
100%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
56.1m
Diameter
8m
To low Earth orbit
27,500kg
Liftoff thrust
28,200kN
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