STS-61-C, Columbia seventh flight, deployed RCA Americom Satcom K1 Ku-band communications satellite and flew MSL-2 microgravity experiments; Congressman Bill Nelson was among the seven crew, landing at Edwards after six days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15.3 T
- Flight
- 24th
- of 135 Space Shuttle flights
- Date and time
- 12 January 1986, 11:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Builder
- Rockwell / Martin Marietta / Thiokol
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1986-003
- Launches in 1986
- 3rd of 110
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