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STS-32 / Columbia Patch

STS-32 / Columbia Patch

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Tenth Columbia flight. Deployed Syncom IV-5 (Reimbursable - DOD), a geostationary communications satellite also known as Leasat, for the U.S. Navy. Also retrieved the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) deployed on STS 41-C on April 6, 1984. Landed January 20, 1990 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Mission Duration: 261 hours 0 minutes 37 seconds.

Patch description: The STS-32 patch, designed by the five crewmembers for the scheduled December 1989 space mission, depicts the Space Shuttle orbiter rendezvousing with the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) satellite from above. The Syncom satellite is successfully deployed and on its way to geosynchronous orbit. Five stars have been arranged so that three are one side of the orbiter and two on the other to form the number 32. The seven major rays of the sun are in remembrance of the crewmembers for STS 51-L.

4" diameter embroidered patch.

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