STS-51-D on Discovery deployed Anik C1 and Leasat 3; Leasat 3 failed to maneuver toward GEO and was later retrieved and repaired on STS-51-I. Senator Jake Garn became the first sitting U.S. Congress member to fly in space.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 17.9 T
- Flight
- 16th
- of 135 Space Shuttle flights
- Date and time
- 12 April 1985, 13:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Builder
- Rockwell / Martin Marietta / Thiokol
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1985-028
- Launches in 1985
- 28th of 125
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