RocketSpace Shuttle
SpaceportCape Canaveral & Kennedypad LC39A
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyNASA JSCUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- November 27, 1985, 00:29
- Launch designation
- 1985-109
- Mission
- OV-104 PAM deploy
- Flight name
- PAM-D Deploy
- Vehicle flight ID
- STS-30/61-B
- Year
- Launches in 1985
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 36,758 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 118.5 t
- Payloads
- 8
- GCAT launch code
- OS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis (STS 61-B) | 1985-109ANORAD 16273 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | Human spaceflight | 94.1 t | Landed · Dec 3, 1985 |
| Morelos 2 | 1985-109BNORAD 16274 | Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes | Communications | 611 kg | Renamed · Jun 26, 1997 |
| Aussat K2 | 1985-109CNORAD 16275 | Aussat Pty, Australia | Communications | 566 kg | Renamed · January 1992 |
| Satcom K2 | 1985-109DNORAD 16276 | RCA Americom | Communications | 966 kg | In orbit |
| OET | 1985-109ENORAD 16277 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | Technology | 35 kg | Attached to another object · Nov 30, 1985 |
| EASE/ACCESS MPESS | 1985-109 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
| ACCESS | 1985-109 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
| EASE | 1985-109 | NASA Johnson Space Flight Center | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.