- STS-61-H
STS-61-H was a
United States Space Shuttle mission planned to launch in1986 using "Columbia", however, it was cancelled after the "Challenger" disaster. The flight was scheduled to take placeJune 24 throughJuly 1 .Crew
* Commander:
Michael L. Coats
* Pilot:John Blaha
* Mission Specialist 1:Anna L. Fisher
* Mission Specialist 2:James F. Buchli
* Mission Specialist 3:Robert C. Springer
* Payload Specialist 1:Nigel Wood (United Kingdom)
* Payload Specialist 2:Pratiwi Sudarmono (Indonesia)Backup Crew
* Payload Specialist 1:
Richard Farrimond (United Kingdom)
* Payload Specialist 2:Taufik Akbar (Indonesia)Mission objectives
The main task of the mission was to bring three commercial satellites into orbit - Skynet 4A,
Palapa B3 andWestar 6S. The British Skynet and theIndonesia n Palapa were supposed to be accompanied by an astronaut from the two countries.After the "Challenger" disaster the deployment of commercial satellites by the
Space Shuttle was stopped, also for several years no international astronauts were nominated anymore. Thus neither the British nor the Indonesian payload specialists got a second chance for a spaceflight. TheNASA crew however stayed together and finally flew onSTS-29 , only Anna Fisher was replaced byJames Bagian on that flight.Skynet 4A was launched on
January 1 1990 with aTitan III , Westar 6S was renamed Galaxy 6 and launched onOctober 12 1992 by an Ariane 44L. Palapa B3 was renamed to Palapa B2P and was launched onMarch 20 1987 with a Delta-3920.ee also
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Cancelled Shuttle missions
*STS-61-M External links
*http://www.mach25.nl/~jacques/shuttle/STS61H.html
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