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Space commemorative cover
or Space Cover.
Cosmodrome / Location : USA
Date of Cancellation: Nov. 27, 1989
Event Type : Launch
Launch Pad / Location : USA KSC (FL)
Manned / Robotic Mission : Manned
Mission Objective/Type : Military / Secret
ou?/where?: au sol - ground
autographe?: non - noneDescription : During the mission, Discovery deployed a single satellite, USA-48. Experts believe that this was a secret Magnum ELINT (ELectronic INTtelligence) satellite headed for geosynchronous orbit, similar to that launched by STS-51-C in 1985, making this mission essentially a duplicate of that earlier mission.
The satellite replaced the one launched by STS-51-C, which was running out of the maneuvering fuel required for keeping its station over the Indian Ocean.
Andover post stamp. Keyword(s) :
#Aerial,
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