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STS-51-D
Crew
Bobko
Garn
Griggs
Hoffman
Seddon
Walker
Williams Donald
12 April 1985
13:55 GMT.
Duration
: 7.00 days.
Call Sign
: Discovery.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC39A.
Launch Vehicle
:
Shuttle
.
LV Configuration
: STS-23 (51-D). Program:
STS
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Spaceplane.
Spacecraft
:
Discovery
.
Payload
: Discovery F04 / Anik C1[PAM-D] / Syncom-4 3 /Orbus.
Mass
: 16,249 kg.
Perigee
: 445 km.
Apogee
: 535 km.
Inclination
: 28.5 deg.
Period
: 94.4 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
33
.
STS-51-D
- Astronaut Rhea Seddon sits down to a meal in the middeck
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