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USA 40/41 (QUASAR 8?)
completed
Launch 1989-061
Launched 8/8/1989
LEO
Service G
Sat LEO SR
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
3 payloads
Columbia (STS-28R)
retired
Human Spaceflight
LEO
USA 40
retired
Communications
HEO
Satellite Data System
USA 41
retired
Signals Intelligence
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
8/8/1989
Launch ID
1989-061
Launch Profile
Sat LEO SR
Service Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
NASA Johnson Space Center
Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39B, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)
US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
3
Constellations
1
Payload Status
retired 3
Payload Mission Types
Human Spaceflight 1 / Communications 1 / Signals Intelligence 1
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