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 Dale A. Gardner poses in front of a camera with a "For Sale" sign in his hand, jokingly referring to the two broken satellites (Palapa B2 and Westar 6) the crew was sent out on EVA to pick up and return to Earth. | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-14 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications satellites deployment Communications satellites retrieval |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1984-113A |
| SATCAT no. | 15382 |
| Mission duration | 7 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, 56 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 5,293,786 km (3,289,406 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 127 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 119,442 kg (263,325 lb) |
| Landing mass | 94,123 kg (207,506 lb) |
| Payload mass | 17,375 kg (38,305 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 5 |
| Members | |
| EVAs | 2 |
| EVA duration |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | November 8, 1984, 12:15:00 UTC (7:15 am EST) |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | November 16, 1984, 11:59:56 UTC (6:59:56 am EST) |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 332 km (206 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 354 km (220 mi) |
| Inclination | 28.45° |
| Period | 90.40 minutes |
| Instruments | |
| Diffused Mixing of Organic Solutions (DMOS) | |
 STS-51-A mission patch  From left: Gardner, Walker, Fisher, Hauck and Allen | |
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