Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-8

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Rockwell International (Commercial)
• Rocket: Space Shuttle

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.

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 39A
• Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Program

• Space Shuttle — The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. (Wikipedia)