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Shuttle missions back on track after spy satellite success
Four more shuttle flights can proceed this year after Discovery's secrecy cloaked mission ended with a flawless landing. The crew of five, led by Captain Thomas Mattingly, deployed a $300 million satellite able to monitor Soviet missile tests and communications across Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
Equator
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
Africa
Houston
Air Force
Navy
Thomas K. Mattingly
Naval Electronic Systems Command
Loren Shriver
James Buchli
Ellison Onizuka
Gary Payton
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Challenger
U.S
Jake Garn
Utah
NASA