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.infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive 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href="/wiki/Defense_Satellite_Communications_System" title="Defense Satellite Communications System">DSCS-III</a> satellites in <i>Atlantis</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> payload bay</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Names</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Space_Transportation_System" title="Space Transportation System">Space Transportation System</a>-21</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission type</th><td class="infobox-data">Satellite deployment</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> / <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">U.S. DoD</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Designator" title="International Designator">COSPAR ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1985-092A">1985-092A</a></span><span class="ib-edit-wd"> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524091#P247" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Catalog_Number" title="Satellite Catalog Number">SATCAT <abbr title="number">no.</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">16115<span style="float:right"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524091?uselang=en#P377" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission duration</th><td class="infobox-data">4 days, 1 hour, 44 minutes and 38 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distance travelled</th><td class="infobox-data">2,707,948 km (1,682,641 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbits completed</th><td class="infobox-data">64</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Spacecraft properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spacecraft</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></span> <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis"><i>Atlantis</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">N/A</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing mass</th><td class="infobox-data">86,400 kg (190,500 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Payload mass</th><td class="infobox-data">19,968 kg (44,022 lb)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Crew</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Crew size</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Members</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karol_J._Bobko" title="Karol J. Bobko">Karol J. Bobko</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_J._Grabe" title="Ronald J. Grabe">Ronald J. Grabe</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/David_C._Hilmers" title="David C. Hilmers">David C. Hilmers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Stewart" title="Robert L. Stewart">Robert L. Stewart</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Pailes" title="William A. Pailes">William A. Pailes</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">October 3, 1985, 15:15:30<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">October 3, 1985, 15:15:30</span>)</span><span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> (11:15:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm<span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A">LC-39A</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_International" title="Rockwell International">Rockwell International</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">End of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing date</th><td class="infobox-data">October 7, 1985, 17:00:08 UTC<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">October 7, 1985, 17:00:08 UTC</span>)</span><span class="nowrap"> </span>UTC (10:00:08<span class="nowrap"> </span>am<span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Daylight Time">PDT</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards</a>, Runway<span class="nowrap"> </span>23</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_orbit" title="Geocentric orbit">Geocentric orbit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">Low Earth orbit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perigee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">475 km (295 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Apogee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">484 km (301 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">28.50°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">94.20 minutes</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sts-51-j-patch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sts-51-j-patch.png/180px-Sts-51-j-patch.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sts-51-j-patch.png/270px-Sts-51-j-patch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sts-51-j-patch.png/360px-Sts-51-j-patch.png 2x" data-file-width="2718" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><br />STS-51-J mission patch<br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-51-J_crew.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/STS-51-J_crew.jpg/220px-STS-51-J_crew.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/STS-51-J_crew.jpg/330px-STS-51-J_crew.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/STS-51-J_crew.jpg/440px-STS-51-J_crew.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3876" data-file-height="3101" /></a></span><br />From left: <a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Stewart" title="Robert L. Stewart">Stewart</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_C._Hilmers" title="David C. Hilmers">Hilmers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karol_J._Bobko" title="Karol J. Bobko">Bobko</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_A._Pailes" title="William A. Pailes">Pailes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ronald_J._Grabe" title="Ronald J. Grabe">Grabe</a><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center; border-top:1px #aaa solid"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle program</a></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/STS-51-I" title="STS-51-I">STS-51-I</a> (20)</div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/STS-61-A" title="STS-61-A">STS-61-A</a> (22) →</div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>STS-51-J</b> was <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s 21st <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> mission and the maiden flight of <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Space Shuttle <i>Atlantis</i></a>. It launched from <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, on October 3, 1985, carrying a payload for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">U.S. Department of Defense</a> (DoD), and landed at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, on October 7, 1985. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crew">Crew</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-51-J&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Crew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;"><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Position</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width:200px;">Astronaut </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Commander </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Karol_J._Bobko" title="Karol J. Bobko">Karol J. Bobko</a><br />Third and last spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pilot </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_J._Grabe" title="Ronald J. Grabe">Ronald J. Grabe</a><br />First spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 1 </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_C._Hilmers" title="David C. Hilmers">David C. Hilmers</a><br />First spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 2<br />Flight Engineer </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Stewart" title="Robert L. Stewart">Robert L. Stewart</a><br />Second and last spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Payload Specialist 1 </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/William_A._Pailes" title="William A. Pailes">William A. Pailes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manned_Spaceflight_Engineer_Program" title="Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program">MSE</a><br />Only spaceflight </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backup_crew">Backup crew</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-51-J&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Backup crew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;"><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Position</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width:200px;">Astronaut </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Payload Specialist 1 </th> <td colspan="2">Michael W. Booen, <a href="/wiki/Manned_Spaceflight_Engineer_Program" title="Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program">MSE</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crew_seat_assignments">Crew seat assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-51-J&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Crew seat assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Seat<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Launch </th> <th>Landing </th> <td rowspan="8"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/150px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/225px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/300px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="834" /></a></span><br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck. </td></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td colspan="2">Bobko </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td colspan="2">Grabe </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td colspan="2">Hilmers </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td colspan="2">Stewart </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td colspan="2">Pailes </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgray"><i>Unused</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgray"><i>Unused</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crew_notes">Crew notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-51-J&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Crew notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All five astronauts on the secret mission were active-duty military officers.<sup id="cite_ref-blakeslee_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blakeslee-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before William A. Pailes was assigned to the STS-51-J flight, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mullane" title="Mike Mullane">Mike Mullane</a> was rumored to have been assigned as mission specialist 3 on his second trip to space. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_summary">Mission summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-51-J&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mission summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>STS-51-J launched on October 3, 1985, at 15:15:30 <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> (11:15:30 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>), from <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A">Launch Pad 39A</a> at the Kennedy Space Center. The launch was delayed by 22 minutes and 30 seconds due to a problem with a main engine <a href="/wiki/Liquid_hydrogen" title="Liquid hydrogen">liquid hydrogen</a> prevalve close remote power controller; the controller was showing a faulty "on" indication. </p><p>The mission was the second shuttle flight totally dedicated to deploying a United States Department of Defense payload,<sup id="cite_ref-blakeslee_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blakeslee-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after <a href="/wiki/STS-51-C" title="STS-51-C">STS-51-C</a>. Its cargo was classified, but it was reported that two (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1985-092B">USA-11</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1985-092C">USA-12</a>) DSCS-III (<a href="/wiki/Defense_Satellite_Communications_System" title="Defense Satellite Communications System">Defense Satellite Communications System</a>) satellites were launched into geostationary orbits by an <a href="/wiki/Inertial_Upper_Stage" title="Inertial Upper Stage">Inertial Upper Stage</a> (IUS). The DSCS satellites used <a href="/wiki/X_band" title="X band">X-band</a> frequencies (8/7 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">GHz</a>). Each DSCS-III satellite had a design life of ten years, although several of the DSCS satellites have far exceeded their design life expectancy.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mission was deemed successful. After a flight lasting 4 days, 1 hour, 44 minutes and 38 seconds, <i>Atlantis</i> landed on Runway 23 at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a> at 17:00:08 UTC (13:00:08 EDT) on October 7, 1985. During STS-51-J, mission commander Bobko became the first astronaut to fly on three different shuttle orbiters, and the only astronaut to fly on the maiden voyages of two different orbiters. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Attempt</th> <th>Planned</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Turnaround</th> <th>Reason</th> <th>Decision point</th> <th>Weather go (%)</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span data-sort-value="1985-10-03, 15:15:30 !">3 Oct 1985, 3:15:30 pm</span></td> <td>Success</td> <td>—</td> <td>Technical</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Delayed due to faulty indication from main engine liquid hydrogen prevalve close remote power controller. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_insignia">Mission insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-51-J&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mission insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 51-J mission insignia, designed by <i>Atlantis</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s first crew, pays tribute to the <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty" title="Statue of Liberty">Statue of Liberty</a> and the ideas it symbolizes, but also as not to emphasize the "classified" nature of the mission like the first one did. 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title="STS-66">STS-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-71" title="STS-71">STS-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-74" title="STS-74">STS-74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-76" title="STS-76">STS-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-79" title="STS-79">STS-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-81" title="STS-81">STS-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-84" title="STS-84">STS-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-86" title="STS-86">STS-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-101" title="STS-101">STS-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-106" title="STS-106">STS-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-98" title="STS-98">STS-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-104" title="STS-104">STS-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-110" title="STS-110">STS-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-112" title="STS-112">STS-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-117" title="STS-117">STS-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-122" title="STS-122">STS-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-125" title="STS-125">STS-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-129" title="STS-129">STS-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-132" title="STS-132">STS-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-STS132_Atlantis_undocking2_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3697" data-file-height="2217" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Status</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Retired</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">On display</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Visitor_Complex" title="Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex">Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merritt_Island,_Florida" title="Merritt Island, Florida">Merritt Island, Florida</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Approach_and_Landing_Tests" title="Approach and Landing Tests">Approach and Landing Tests</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1981 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-1" title="STS-1">STS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-2" title="STS-2">STS-2</a></li></ul></li> <li>1982 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-3" title="STS-3">STS-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-4" title="STS-4">STS-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-5" title="STS-5">STS-5</a></li></ul></li> <li>1983 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-6" title="STS-6">STS-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-7" title="STS-7">STS-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-8" title="STS-8">STS-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-9" title="STS-9">STS-9</a></li></ul></li> <li>1984 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-B" title="STS-41-B">STS-41-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-C" title="STS-41-C">STS-41-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-D" title="STS-41-D">STS-41-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-G" title="STS-41-G">STS-41-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-A" title="STS-51-A">STS-51-A</a></li></ul></li> <li>1985 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-C" title="STS-51-C">STS-51-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-D" title="STS-51-D">STS-51-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-B" title="STS-51-B">STS-51-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-G" title="STS-51-G">STS-51-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-F" title="STS-51-F">STS-51-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-I" title="STS-51-I">STS-51-I</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-51-J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-A" title="STS-61-A">STS-61-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-B" title="STS-61-B">STS-61-B</a></li></ul></li> <li>1986 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-C" title="STS-61-C">STS-61-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-L" title="STS-51-L">STS-51-L</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>1988 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-26" title="STS-26">STS-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-27" title="STS-27">STS-27</a></li></ul></li> <li>1989 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-29" title="STS-29">STS-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-30" title="STS-30">STS-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-28" title="STS-28">STS-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-34" title="STS-34">STS-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1990 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-32" title="STS-32">STS-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-36" title="STS-36">STS-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-31" title="STS-31">STS-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41" title="STS-41">STS-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-38" title="STS-38">STS-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-35" title="STS-35">STS-35</a></li></ul></li> <li>1991 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-37" title="STS-37">STS-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-39" title="STS-39">STS-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-40" title="STS-40">STS-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-43" title="STS-43">STS-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-48" title="STS-48">STS-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-44" title="STS-44">STS-44</a></li></ul></li> <li>1992 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-42" title="STS-42">STS-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-45" title="STS-45">STS-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-49" title="STS-49">STS-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-50" title="STS-50">STS-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-46" title="STS-46">STS-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-47" title="STS-47">STS-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-52" title="STS-52">STS-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-53" title="STS-53">STS-53</a></li></ul></li> <li>1993 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-54" title="STS-54">STS-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-56" title="STS-56">STS-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-55" title="STS-55">STS-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-57" title="STS-57">STS-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51" title="STS-51">STS-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-58" title="STS-58">STS-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61" title="STS-61">STS-61</a></li></ul></li> <li>1994 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-60" title="STS-60">STS-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-62" title="STS-62">STS-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-59" title="STS-59">STS-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-65" title="STS-65">STS-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-64" title="STS-64">STS-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-68" title="STS-68">STS-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-66" title="STS-66">STS-66</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-63" title="STS-63">STS-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-67" title="STS-67">STS-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-71" title="STS-71">STS-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-70" title="STS-70">STS-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-69" title="STS-69">STS-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-73" title="STS-73">STS-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-74" title="STS-74">STS-74</a></li></ul></li> <li>1996 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-72" title="STS-72">STS-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-75" title="STS-75">STS-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-76" title="STS-76">STS-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-77" title="STS-77">STS-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-78" title="STS-78">STS-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-79" title="STS-79">STS-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-80" title="STS-80">STS-80</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-81" title="STS-81">STS-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-82" title="STS-82">STS-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-83" title="STS-83">STS-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-84" title="STS-84">STS-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-94" title="STS-94">STS-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-85" title="STS-85">STS-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-86" title="STS-86">STS-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-87" title="STS-87">STS-87</a></li></ul></li> <li>1998 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-89" title="STS-89">STS-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-90" title="STS-90">STS-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-91" title="STS-91">STS-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-95" title="STS-95">STS-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-88" title="STS-88">STS-88</a></li></ul></li> <li>1999 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-96" title="STS-96">STS-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-93" title="STS-93">STS-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-103" title="STS-103">STS-103</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-99" title="STS-99">STS-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-101" title="STS-101">STS-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-106" title="STS-106">STS-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-92" title="STS-92">STS-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-97" title="STS-97">STS-97</a></li></ul></li> <li>2001 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-98" title="STS-98">STS-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-102" title="STS-102">STS-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-100" title="STS-100">STS-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-104" title="STS-104">STS-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-105" title="STS-105">STS-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-108" title="STS-108">STS-108</a></li></ul></li> <li>2002 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-109" title="STS-109">STS-109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-110" title="STS-110">STS-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-111" title="STS-111">STS-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-112" title="STS-112">STS-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-113" title="STS-113">STS-113</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-107" title="STS-107">STS-107</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>2005 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-114" title="STS-114">STS-114</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-121" title="STS-121">STS-121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116">STS-116</a></li></ul></li> <li>2007 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-117" title="STS-117">STS-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-118" title="STS-118">STS-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-120" title="STS-120">STS-120</a></li></ul></li> <li>2008 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-122" title="STS-122">STS-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-123" title="STS-123">STS-123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-124" title="STS-124">STS-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-126" title="STS-126">STS-126</a></li></ul></li> <li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-119" title="STS-119">STS-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-125" title="STS-125">STS-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-127" title="STS-127">STS-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-128" title="STS-128">STS-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-129" title="STS-129">STS-129</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-130" title="STS-130">STS-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-131" title="STS-131">STS-131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-132" title="STS-132">STS-132</a></li></ul></li> <li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-133" title="STS-133">STS-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-134" title="STS-134">STS-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">Cancelled</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">STS-41-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-E" title="STS-61-E">STS-61-E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-F" title="STS-61-F">STS-61-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-G" title="STS-61-G">STS-61-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-H" title="STS-61-H">STS-61-H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-62-A" title="STS-62-A">STS-62-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-M" title="STS-61-M">STS-61-M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-J" title="STS-61-J">STS-61-J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">STS-144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">STS-3xx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-400" title="STS-400">STS-400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_orbiter" title="Space Shuttle orbiter">Orbiters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Atlantis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Challenger</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster">disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Commission_Report" title="Rogers Commission Report">report</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Columbia</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Columbia disaster">disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Accident_Investigation_Board" title="Columbia Accident Investigation Board">investigation</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Discovery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Space Shuttle Endeavour">Endeavour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise" title="Space Shuttle Enterprise">Enterprise</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>†</sup> indicates failure missions.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="←_1984Orbital_launches_in_19851986_→" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/1984_in_spaceflight" title="1984 in spaceflight">← 1984</a></div><a href="/wiki/1985_in_spaceflight" title="1985 in spaceflight"><span class="vevent"><span class="summary">Orbital launches in <span class="dtstart">1985</span></span></span></a><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1986_in_spaceflight" title="1986 in spaceflight">1986 →</a></div></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-51-C" title="STS-51-C">STS-51-C</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/USA-8" class="mw-redirect" title="USA-8">USA-8</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-9 (page does not exist)">USA-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabsat-1A" title="Arabsat-1A">Arabsat-1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brasilsat_A1" title="Brasilsat A1">Brasilsat A1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geosat" title="Geosat">Geosat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intelsat_510&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Intelsat 510 (page does not exist)">Intelsat VA F-10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-51-D" title="STS-51-D">STS-51-D</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Anik_(satellite)" title="Anik (satellite)">Anik C1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leasat_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leasat 3 (page does not exist)">Leasat 3</a>)</li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-51-B" title="STS-51-B">STS-51-B</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Nusat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nusat (page does not exist)">Nusat</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=GStar-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GStar-1 (page does not exist)">GStar-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Telecom_1B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Telecom 1B (page does not exist)">Telecom 1B</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_T-13" title="Soyuz T-13">Soyuz T-13</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-51-G" title="STS-51-G">STS-51-G</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Morelos_Satellite_System#Morelos_I" title="Morelos Satellite System">Morelos 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabsat-1B" title="Arabsat-1B">Arabsat-1B</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Telstar_3D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Telstar 3D (page does not exist)">Telstar 3D</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=SPARTAN-101&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SPARTAN-101 (page does not exist)">SPARTAN-101</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_24" title="Progress 24">Progress 24</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intelsat_511&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Intelsat 511 (page does not exist)">Intelsat VA F-11</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Giotto_(spacecraft)" title="Giotto (spacecraft)">Giotto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1669" title="Kosmos 1669">Kosmos 1669</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-51-F" title="STS-51-F">STS-51-F</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Plasma_Diagnostics_Package&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plasma Diagnostics Package (page does not exist)">PDP</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-51-I" title="STS-51-I">STS-51-I</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Optus_(satellite)#Aussat_(Optus)_A1" title="Optus (satellite)">Aussat A1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ASC-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ASC-1 (page does not exist)">ASC-1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leasat_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leasat 4 (page does not exist)">Leasat 4</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spacenet_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spacenet 3 (page does not exist)">Spacenet 3</a></i></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_T-14" title="Soyuz T-14">Soyuz T-14</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1686" title="Kosmos 1686">Kosmos 1686</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intelsat_512&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Intelsat 512 (page does not exist)">Intelsat VA F-12</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-51-J</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/USA-11" class="mw-redirect" title="USA-11">USA-11</a>, <a href="/wiki/USA-12" class="mw-redirect" title="USA-12">USA-12</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-10" title="USA-10">USA-10</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-61-A" title="STS-61-A">STS-61-A</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=GLOMR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GLOMR (page does not exist)">GLOMR</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-61-B" title="STS-61-B">STS-61-B</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Morelos_Satellite_System#Morelos_II" title="Morelos Satellite System">Morelos 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Optus_(satellite)#Aussat_(Optus)_A2" title="Optus (satellite)">Aussat A2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Satcom_K2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Satcom K2 (page does not exist)">Satcom K2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbiter_Experiments&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbiter Experiments (page does not exist)">OEX</a>, <a href="/wiki/EASE/ACCESS" title="EASE/ACCESS">EASE/ACCESS</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unknown<br />month</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sakigake" title="Sakigake">Sakigake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1616&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1616 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1616</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1617&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1617 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1617</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1618&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1618 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1618</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1619&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1619 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1619</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1620&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1620 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1620</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1621&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1621 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1621</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1622&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1622 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1622</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-3_No.36&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-3 No.36 (page does not exist)">Molniya-3 No.36</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1623&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1623 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1623</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1624&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1624 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1624</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorizont_No.21L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gorizont No.21L (page does not exist)">Gorizont No.21L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1625&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1625 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1625</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1626&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1626 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1626</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1627&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1627 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1627</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1628&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1628 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1628</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meteor-2_No.13&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meteor-2 No.13 (page does not exist)">Meteor-2 No.13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1629" title="Kosmos 1629">Kosmos 1629</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1630&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1630 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1630</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1631&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1631 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1631</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1632&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1632 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1632</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1633&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1633 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1633</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1634&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1634 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1634</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1635&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1635 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1635</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1636&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1636 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1636</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1637&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1637 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1637</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1638&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1638 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1638</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1639&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1639 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1639</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1640&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1640 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1640</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1641&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1641 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1641</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1642&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1642 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1642</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ekran_No.28L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ekran No.28L (page does not exist)">Ekran No.28L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1643&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1643 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1643</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1644&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1644 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1644</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_1985_Zenit-2_launch_failure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="April 1985 Zenit-2 launch failure (page does not exist)">Unnamed</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1645&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1645 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1645</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1646&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1646 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1646</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1647&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1647 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1647</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1648&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1648 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1648</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prognoz_10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prognoz 10 (page does not exist)">Prognoz 10</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1649&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1649 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1649</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1650&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1650 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1650</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1651&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1651 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1651</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1652&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1652 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1652</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1653&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1653 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1653</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1654&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1654 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1654</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-3_No.39&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-3 No.39 (page does not exist)">Molniya-3 No.39</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1655&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1655 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1655</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1656&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1656 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1656</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1657&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1657 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1657</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1658" title="Kosmos 1658">Kosmos 1658</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1659&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1659 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1659</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1660&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1660 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1660</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1661" title="Kosmos 1661">Kosmos 1661</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1662&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1662 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1662</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1663&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1663 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1663</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985-053A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985-053A (page does not exist)">Unnamed</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1664&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1664 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1664</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1665&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1665 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1665</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1666&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1666 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1666</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1667" title="Kosmos 1667">Kosmos 1667</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1668&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1668 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1668</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-3_No.37&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-3 No.37 (page does not exist)">Molniya-3 No.37</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1670&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1670 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1670</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1671&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1671 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1671</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transit-O_24&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Transit-O 24 (page does not exist)">Transit-O 24</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transit-O_30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Transit-O 30 (page does not exist)">Transit-O 30</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1672&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1672 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1672</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1672&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1672 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1672</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1673&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1673 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1673</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1674&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1674 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1674</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gran%27_No.26L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gran' No.26L (page does not exist)">Gran' No.26L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1675" title="Kosmos 1675">Kosmos 1675</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1676&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1676 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1676</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suisei_(spacecraft)" title="Suisei (spacecraft)">Suisei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-1_No.61&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-1 No.61 (page does not exist)">Molniya-1 No.61</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1677&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1677 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1677</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Titan_34D-7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Titan 34D-7 (page does not exist)">Unnamed</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1678&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1678 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1678</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1679&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1679 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1679</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1680&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1680 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1680</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1681&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1681 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1681</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=ECS-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ECS-3 (page does not exist)">ECS-3</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1682&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1682 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1682</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1683&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1683 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1683</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1684" title="Kosmos 1684">Kosmos 1684</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1685&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1685 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1685</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1687" title="Kosmos 1687">Kosmos 1687</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1688&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1688 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1688</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1689&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1689 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1689</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-3_No.38&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-3 No.38 (page does 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title="Kosmos 1699 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1699</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1700&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1700 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1700</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-1_No.56&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-1 No.56 (page does not exist)">Molniya-1 No.56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_1701" title="Kosmos 1701">Kosmos 1701</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1702&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1702 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1702</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gran%27_No.28L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gran' No.28L (page does not exist)">Gran' No.28L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1703&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1703 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1703</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1704&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1704 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1704</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1705&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1705 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1705</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1706&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1706 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1706</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1707&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1707 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1707</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-13&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-13 (page does not exist)">USA-13</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-14&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-14 (page does not exist)">USA-14</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1708&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1708 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1708</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1709&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1709 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1709</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-3_No.40&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-3 No.40 (page does not exist)">Molniya-3 No.40</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1710&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1710 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1710</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1711&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1711 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1711</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1712&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1712 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1712</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meteor-2_No.14&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meteor-2 No.14 (page does not exist)">Meteor-2 No.14</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1713&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1713 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1713</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1714&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1714 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 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