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STS-8
Space Shuttle · Communications
1983Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Mission
STS-8 was the third mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed an Indian 10 and Weather satellite. It was the first night launch and night landing of the Shuttle program. It also carried the first African-American astronaut; Guion Bluford.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- ROI
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2