STS-51-I
Sign in to saveSTS-51-I was the 20th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. During the mission, Discovery deployed three communications satellites into orbit. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 27, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 3, 1985.
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Vinony's link graph records 221 inbound references to STS-51-I, and connects out to STS-51-J, Eastern Time Zone and Pacific Time Zone.
It sits within the topics 1985 in spaceflight, 1985 in the United States and Edwards Air Force Base.
Vinony links it to 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-51-I
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-20
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-51-I SYNCOM IV-3 EVA by James van Hoften.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- van Hoften next to the crippled Syncom IV-3 (Leasat-3) satellite, during the mission's first EVA.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Satellites deploymentSatellite repair
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 112
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.crew_EVAs
- 2
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (6:58:01amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (6:15:43amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway23
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.45°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 92.00 minutes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 613062
- Mass
- 17540
- Orbital period
- 92.0
- Image
- STS-51-I SYNCOM IV-3 EVA by James van Hoften.jpg
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- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- Commons category
- STS-51-I
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1985-08-27
- orbits completed
- 112
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1985-09-03
- Commons gallery
- STS-51-I
- periapsis
- 350
- apoapsis
- 465
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Spacewalks
- Crew seat assignments
- Launch
- Mission summary
- Mission insignia
- Wake-up calls
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-51-I was the 20th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. During the mission, Discovery deployed three communications satellites into orbit. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 27, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 3, 1985.
== Crew ==
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