Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
STS-51-A was the 14th flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the second flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 8 1984 and landed just under eight days later on November 16.STS-51-A marked the first time a shuttle deployed two communications satellites and retrieved from orbit two other communications satellites. The Canadian Anik D2 and Syncom IV-1 satellites were both successfully deployed by the crew of Discovery.
