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STS-28
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 8 Aug 1989, 12:37 pm UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Provider: Lockheed Space Operations Company
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission Description
STS-28 was the thirtieth space shuttle mission, the fourth dedicated to the Department of Defence and the eigth of the Space Shuttle Columbia.