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Palapa-B communications satellite launched from the Shuttle Challenger
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Palapa-B communications satellite launched from the Shuttle Challenger

NASA / JSC · 1983-06-24 · photograph (digital archive)

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S83-35764 (19 June 1983) --- The Indonesian Palapa B communications satellite is just about to clear the vertical stabilizer of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger to begin its way toward its Earth-orbital destination.

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COMMUNICATION SATELLITESPAYLOAD BAYSATELLITESSPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADSSTS-7
Credit linePalapa-B communications satellite launched from the Shuttle Challenger. NASA/JSC, 1983-06-24. Public domain. ID: S83-35764.
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