Westar 6 communications satellite

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Westar 6 was an American commercial communications satellite that infamously became stranded in an unusable orbit in 1984 and was later retrieved and returned to Earth by NASA’s Space Shuttle.

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Westar 6 communications satellite canonical	2

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PAM-D stage failed to provide required velocity → affected → Westar 6 communications satellite ⓘ

STS-41-B → payload → Westar 6 communications satellite ⓘ

subject linked to: Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B