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| rdfs:comment | - STS-51-A was the 14th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the second flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 8, 1984, and landed just under eight days later on November 16.
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| crew photo caption | - L-R: Gardner, Walker, Fisher, Hauck, Allen
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| Image caption | - Mission Specialist Dale Gardner holds up a "For Sale" sign, referring to the malfunctioning Palapa B2 and Westar 6 satellites.
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| Mission Type | - Satellite deployment
- Satellite retrieval
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| abstract | - STS-51-A was the 14th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the second flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 8, 1984, and landed just under eight days later on November 16. STS-51-A marked the first time a shuttle deployed two communications satellites, and retrieved from orbit two other communications satellites. The Canadian Anik D2 and Syncom IV-1 satellites were both successfully deployed by the crew of Discovery. Palapa B2 and Westar 6, meanwhile, had been deployed during the STS-41-B mission earlier in the year, but had been placed into improper orbits due to the malfunctioning of their kick motors; they were both safely recovered and returned to Earth during STS-51-A.
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