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1 Launches
2 Deep Space Rendezvous
3 EVAs
4 References

Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1985.

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Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
24 January 19:50:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-51-C, 5 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	27 January 1985	Successful
24 January 19:50:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	TRW	Magnum 1	NRO	Geosynchronous	SIGINT Reconnaissance satellite	N/A	N/A
12 April 13:59:05 UTC	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-51-D, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	19 April 1985	Successful	Brake damage and blown tire during landing
			Hughes	Anik C1	BCE	Geostaionary	Comsat	Graveyard orbit since 5 May 2003	Successful	Sold to Paracom S.A. 1993
			Hughes	SYNCOM IV-3 (LEASAT-3)	NRO	Geosynchronous	Comsat	N/A	Failure	Failed to manoeuvre to orbit
29 April 18:02:18 UTC	Space Shuttle Challenger	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-51-D, 7 astronauts, 2 Monkeys, 24 rodents	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	6 May 1985	Successful
29 April 18:02:18 UTC	Space Shuttle Challenger	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	NASA/ESA	Spacelab-3	NASA	LEO	Reusable laboratory	6 May 1985	Successful
17 June 13:33:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-51-G, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	24 June 1985	Successful	Sultan of Saudi Arabia on board
			Aérospatiale	Arabsat 1-B	ASCO	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Graveyard orbit since Summer 1992	Successful
			Hughes	Morelos 1	Mexico	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
			Hughes	Telstar 3-D	AT&T	Geostaionary	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
			Hughes	Spartan 1	NASA	LEO	Astronomy experiments	24 June 1985	Successful	Deploied and retrteved by SRMS
			NASA	High Precision Tracking Experiment (HPTE)	DOD	LEO	"Star Wars"	24 June 1985	Successful
29 July 23:00:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Challenger	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-51-F, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	6 August 1985	Successful	Abort to orbit
29 July 23:00:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Challenger	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	NASA/ESA	Spacelab 2	NASA	LEO	Modular science package	6 August 1985	Successful	Triple pallet configuration
27 August 12:58:01 UTC	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-51-I, 5 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	3 September 1985	Successful	Repaired SYNCOM IV-3 (LEASAT-3)
			NASA	ASC-1	American Satellite Company	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
			NASA	AUSSAT-1	Optus	Geostationary	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
			Hughes	SYNCOM IV-4 (LEASAT-4)	DOD	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure	Failed to function after reaching orbit
3 October 17:15:30 UTC	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-51-J, 5 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	7 October 1985	Successful
			NASA	DSCS-III	DOD	Geostationary	Comsat	Still in orbit	N/A
			NASA	DSCS-III	DOD	Geostationary	Comsat	Still in orbit	N/A
30 October 17:00:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Challenger	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-61-A, 8 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	6 November 1985	Successful	Largest crew aboard any single spacecraft
			NASA	Spacelab D1	German Space Operations Center	LEO	Modular science package	6 November 1985	Successful
			NASA	Global Low Orbiting Message Relay Satellite (GLOMR)	German Aerospace Research Establishment (DFVLR)	LEO	Comsat	N/A	Successful
27 November 00:29:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39A, Cape Canaveral	USA	STS-61-B, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	3 December 1985	Successful	EASE/ACCESS
			NASA	MORELOS-B	Mexico	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
			NASA	AUSSAT-2	Optus	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
			RCA Astro Electronics (Americom)	SATCOM KU-2	RCA Astro Electronics (Americom)	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful

Deep Space Rendezvous

11 June — Vega 1 delivered lander and balloon on Venus
15 June — Vega 2 delivered lander and balloon on Venus
11 September — ISEE-3/ICE flyby of 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	Spacecraft	Crew	Function
16 April	3 hours, 6 mins	STS-51-D (Discovery)	Jeffrey A. Hoffman S. David Griggs	SRMS reconfigure
31 August	7 hours, 20 mins	STS-51-I (Discovery)	William Frederick Fisher James van Hoften	SYNCOM IV-3 (LEASAT-3) repair
1 September	3 hours, 6 mins	STS-51-I (Discovery)	William Frederick Fisher James van Hoften	SYNCOM IV-3 (LEASAT-3) repair
29 November	5 hours, 32 mins	STS-61-B (Atlantis)	Jerry L. Ross Sherwood C. Spring	EASE/ACCESS
1 December	6 hours, 41 mins	STS-61-B (Atlantis)	Jerry L. Ross Sherwood C. Spring	EASE/ACCESS

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Contents

Launches

Deep Space Rendezvous

EVAs

References