Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-61-B
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.November 27, 1985Add to calendar
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 14th launch · 9th this year · humanity's 3,017th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 27, 00:29 – Nov 27, 00:29 UTC
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STS-61-B
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.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Rodolfo Neri VelaPayload Specialist · NASA
Brewster H. ShawCommander · NASA
Bryan D. O'ConnorPilot · NASA
Mary L. CleaveMission Specialist · NASA
Jerry L. RossMission Specialist · NASA
Sherwood C. SpringMission Specialist · NASA
Charles D. WalkerPayload Specialist · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
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- CNN Coverage of The STS-61-B Launch — zellco321
