STS-71-C
Mission
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Shuttle cutaway showing deployment of LDEF
Credit: NASA
Planned shuttle mission for deployment of commercial communications satellites. Cancelled after Challenger disaster.
More at: STS-71-C.
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Chronology
1 event
1987 January
- STS-71-C (cancelled) - . Crew: Longhurst. Backup Crew: Holmes. Payload: Communications satellites. Nation: USA. Program: STS. Flight: STS-71-C. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Planned shuttle mission for deployment of commercial communications satellites. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. .