STS-61-M

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STS-61-M
Mission insignia
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Mission statistics
Mission name STS-61-M
Space shuttle Challenger
Launch pad LC-39A
Launch date 22 July 1986 (planned)
Landing n/a
Mission duration n/a
Orbital altitude n/a
Orbital inclination n/a
Distance traveled n/a
Related missions
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STS-51-L STS-26

STS-61-M was a proposed Space Shuttle mission, planned for July 1986 but canceled following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L).

Payload was to have been one of the TDRS satellites. Crew was to have been:

The Space Shuttle that would be used had Challenger not been lost would have been Challenger itself.

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