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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:21:00
Saturday December 16, 1978
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Active 1975 to 1987
Agency
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 954 kg
Stages
3
Strap-ons
9
Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Fastest Turnaround
11 days 12 hours
5th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1978
120th
Orbital launch attempt
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