STS-61-M

STS-61-M was a proposed NASA Space Shuttle program mission, planned for July 1986 but canceled following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L).Payload was to have been TDRS-D of the U.S. tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) satellites.
Space Transportation SystemTDRS-D satellite deploymentSpace ShuttleChallengerLoren J. ShriverBryan D. O'ConnorMark C. LeeSally K. RideWilliam Frederick FisherSpace Shuttle ChallengerKennedy Space CenterLC-39ARockwell InternationalGeocentric orbitLow Earth orbitPerigee altitudeApogee altitudeInclinationPeriodSpace Shuttle programSTS-51-LSTS-26STS-62-ASTS-61-JSpace Shuttle Challenger disasterTDRS-DU.S. tracking and data relay satellitePositionWilliam F. FisherCharles D. WalkerCanceled Space Shuttle missionsSTS-144STS-61-HSTS-41-BSTS-41-CSTS-41-GSTS-51-BSTS-51-FSTS-61-AChallenger disasterRogers CommissionSTS-61-FChallenger flagThe Dream Is AliveThe Challenger DisasterU.S. Space Shuttle missions(crews)Approach and Landing TestsSTS-41-DSTS-51-ASTS-51-CSTS-51-DSTS-51-GSTS-51-ISTS-51-JSTS-61-BSTS-61-CSTS-27STS-29STS-30STS-28STS-34STS-33STS-32STS-36STS-31STS-41STS-38STS-35STS-37STS-39STS-40STS-43STS-48STS-44STS-42STS-45STS-49STS-50STS-46STS-47STS-52STS-53STS-54STS-56STS-55STS-57STS-51STS-58STS-61STS-60STS-62STS-59STS-65STS-64STS-68STS-66STS-63STS-67STS-71STS-70STS-69STS-73STS-74STS-72STS-75STS-76STS-77STS-78STS-79STS-80STS-81STS-82STS-83STS-84STS-94STS-85STS-86STS-87STS-89STS-90STS-91STS-95STS-88STS-96STS-93STS-103STS-99STS-101STS-106STS-92STS-97STS-98STS-102STS-100STS-104STS-105STS-108STS-109STS-110STS-111STS-112STS-113STS-107STS-114STS-121STS-115STS-116STS-117STS-118STS-120STS-122STS-123STS-124STS-126STS-119STS-125STS-127STS-128STS-129STS-130STS-131STS-132STS-133STS-134STS-135CancelledSTS-41-FSTS-61-ESTS-61-GSTS-3xxSTS-400OthersOrbitersAtlantisdisasterreportColumbiainvestigationDiscoveryEndeavourEnterprise