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1984: STS-51A Discovery (NASA)

STS-51-A was the second flight of Space Shuttle Discovery, and the fourteenth shuttle flight. It conducted the third landing at Kennedy Space Center. It launched on 8 November 1984 and landed 16 November 1984. STS-51-A mission was unique in that it marked the first time the shuttle had deployed two communications satellites, and retrieved from orbit two other communications satellites. Palapa B-2 and Westar 6 had been deployed during the STS-41-B mission earlier in the year, and had been placed into improper orbits because their kick motors malfunctioned.