... it was carried aloft by the shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ... Atlantis took Magellan into low Earth orbit, where it was released from the shuttle ...
... spacecraft was carried into space by the shuttle Atlantis on October 18, 1989 ... Stage booster rocket were deployed from the space shuttle Atlantis October 18, 1989 ...
... into Earth orbit on October 18, 1989, by space shuttle Atlantis, commanded by Donald E. Williams and piloted by Michael J ... Mission Event . Date . Launch: STS-34 Atlantis and IUS . October 18, 1989 . First trajectory-change maneuver . ...