STS-51-J
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Crew

Karol J. Bobko
Status: Deceased
12/23/1937 - 8/17/2023
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 4/4/1983
Last Flight: 10/3/1985
Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a former USAF and NASA astronaut.

Ronald J. Grabe
Status: Retired
6/13/1945 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 10/3/1985
Last Flight: 6/21/1993
Ronald John Grabe is a former NASA astronaut.
He has earned the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Liethen-Tittle Award (for Outstanding Student at the USAF Test Pilot School), the Royal Air Force Cross, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and NASA Space Flight Medals.

William A. Pailes
Status: Retired
6/26/1952 -
Nationality: American
Type: Payload Specialist
First Flight: 10/3/1985
Last Flight: 10/3/1985
William Arthur Pailes (Colonel, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis (October 3–7, 1985).

Robert L. Stewart
Status: Retired
5/10/1942 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 2/3/1984
Last Flight: 10/3/1985
Robert Lee Stewart is a retired brigadier general of the United States Army and a former NASA astronaut.

David Hilmers
Status: Retired
1/28/1950 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 10/3/1985
Last Flight: 1/22/1992
David Carl Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut. Hilmers was selected a NASA astronaut in July 1980, and completed the initial training period in August 1981. A veteran of four space flights, he has logged over 493 hours in space.
Mission
STS-51-J
Type: Government/Top Secret
STS-51-J was the twenty-first space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the second mission dedicated to deploying a Department of Defence payload. It was a classified mission however we do know that it deployed two 10 satellites.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
225 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.

Agency
Lockheed Space Operations Company – LSOC
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: LSOC
- Country: USA