Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B

Name: Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B
Start: 1984-02-03T13:00:00Z
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

STS-41-B was the tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It deployed 2 communication satellites and inluded the first untethered spacewalk. It was also the first shuttle mission to land at Kennedy Space Center.

Mission Details

Launch date: February 3, 1984 at 01:00 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Space Shuttle
Operator: Lockheed Space Operations Company
Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission type: Communications