STS 51-G was the eighteenth flight of a space shuttle, and the fifth flight of Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 17, 1985. It is probably best remembered for having Sultan Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on board as a payload specialist.
The Orbiter Discovery lifted off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC, at 7:33 a.m. EDT on June 17, 1985. The launch came 67 days after the previous launch of Discovery on f...
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STS 51-G was the eighteenth flight of a space shuttle, and the fifth flight of Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 17, 1985. It is probably best remembered for having Sultan Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on board as a payload specialist.
The Orbiter Discovery lifted off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC, at 7:33 a.m. EDT on June 17, 1985. The launch came 67 days after the previous launch of Discovery on flight STS-51-D on April 12. That stands as the record for flying a mission with a California landing, transcontinental ferry, refurbishing an orbiter for flight and launching on its next mission. The largest items of cargo were three communications satellites. Also flown were the deployable/retrievable Spartan 1, six Getaway Special canisters, a High Precision Tracking Experiment (HPTE) for the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars"), a materials processing furnace, and French biomedical experiments. All three communications satellites were...
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