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Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 30, 1985, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-61-A was the twenty-second space shuttle flight and ninth for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was a scientific spacelab mission funded entirely by West Germany. The payload operations were controlled from the German Space Operations Center as opposed to the regular NASA centers.
Low Earth Orbit
Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 66
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 28, 1985, 5:24 p.m.
Proton | Luch #1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 25, 1985, 3:45 p.m.
Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 18
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 25, 1985, 2:40 p.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 1
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 24, 1985, 2:30 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 50
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 23, 1985, 5:24 p.m.
Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 65
Russian Space Forces | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 23, 1985, 12:42 a.m.
Molniya-M | US-K 44
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 22, 1985, 8:24 p.m.
Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 22, 1985, 7 a.m.
Long March 2C | FSW-0 7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 21, 1985, 5:04 a.m.
