Sts-51-c

STS-51-C

STS-51-C was the 15th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the third flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was also the first shuttle mission to deploy a dedicated United States Department of Defense (DoD) payload, and as such many mission details remain classified. STS-51-C launched on 24 January 1985, and made the fourth shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 27 January.