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Long Duration
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| LDEF | LDEF (patch) |
This page contains philatelic information on the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) satellite. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| LDEF | LDEF | LDEF |
Below is a list of LDEF satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) | ||||
| Grenada Carriacou | 2126e (Mi2972) | One of MS6 (2126 (a-f)) (Mi2968-2973) | 1999 | |
| Marshall Islands | 392 (Mi350) | One of block of 4 (394a (391-394)) (Mi349-352) | 1991 | "orbital release of LDEF" (by Space Shuttle); (see also 1141s 2016) |
| Marshall Islands | 392 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Marshall Islands | 394a fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Marshall Islands | 1141s (Mi3718) | One of MS20 (1141 (a-t)) (Mi3700-3719) | 2016 | See also 392 |
| Surinam | 589 (Mi968) | 1982 | LDEF deployed (by Space Shuttle) | |
| Surinam | 589 pair | 589 gutter-pair | ||
| United States | 1914-1915 fdc | (Official Postmasters of America commemorative issue) cachet on FDC, also (Postmasters of America, commemorative issue no.10) insert | 1981 | LDEF (just above Space Shuttle cargo bay) |
Below is a list of LDEF satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| 1984-04-07: LDEF (deployed and SMM repair by STS-13 (41C)) | ||||
| Ascension Island | 1984-04-06 | Ascension | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-41C launch |
| United States | 1984-04-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Blue and black printed) cachet on cover | STS-41C launch |
| United States | 1984-04-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Brown printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-41C launch |
| United States | 1984-04-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | STS-41C launch |
| United States | 1984-04-06 | Las Cruces NM | (White Sands STDN Facility) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-41C launch (but TDRS depicted) |
| United States | 1984-04-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Zaso silk/IASP no.74) cachet on cover | STS-41C launch |
| United States | 1984-04-06 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet (and signatures) on cover | STS-41C launch |
| United States | 1984-04-06 1984-04-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL Edwards AFB, CA | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-41C launch STS-41C landing |
| United States | 1984-04-06 1984-04-18 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (Mission patch) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-41C launch STS-41C return to Kennedy Space Center FL |
| United States | 1984-04-06 1985-06-17 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (Purple and brown rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back | STS-41C launch STS-51G launch; Morelos-1 deployed |
| United States | 1984-04-07 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | LDEF deployed |
| United States | 1984-04-07 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | LDEF deployed |
| United States | 1984-04-08 | Houston TX | (Zaso silk/IASP no.75) cachet on cover | SMM failed capture (even though the cachet refers to the LDEF) |
| United States | 1984-04-08 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | SMM failed capture |
| United States | 1984-04-08 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | SMM failed capture |
| United States | 1984-04-08 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | SMM failed capture |
| United States | 1984-04-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Quadracolor?) cachet on cover | Approaching SMM in preparation for the second capture attempt |
| United States | 1984-04-10 | Houston TX | (SCCS) cachet on cover | SMM captured |
| United States | 1984-04-10 | Houston TX | (Zaso silk/IASP no.76) cachet on cover | SMM captured |
| United States | 1984-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | SMM captured |
| United States | 1984-04-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Quadracolor?) cachet on cover | SMM captured |
| United States | 1984-04-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Quadracolor?) cachet (different) on cover | SMM captured |
| United States | 1984-04-12 | Houston TX | (SCCS) cachet on cover | SMM re-deployed |
| United States | 1984-04-13 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Zaso silk/IASP no.77) cachet on cover | STS-41C landing |
| United States | 1984-04-13 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Centennial) cachet on cover | STS-41C landing |
| United States | 1984-04-18 1984-04-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) | (Mission patch) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-41C return to Kennedy Space Center FL STS-41C launch |
| 1990-01-09: LDEF (recovered and Leasat-F5 deployed by STS-32R) | ||||
| United States | 1990-01-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club/mission patch) cachet on cover, and insert | STS-32R launch |
| United States | 1990-01-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-32R launch |
| United States | 1990-01-09 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-32R launch |
| United States | 1990-01-09 | Houston TX | (NASA crew photo) cachet on cover | STS-32R launch |
| United States | 1990-01-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission patch black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-32R launch |
| United States | 1990-01-09 1990-01-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (Mission-patch sticker) cachet on cover | STS-32R launch STS-32R transported back to KSC |
| United States | 1990-01-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Leasat-F5 (Syncom-4-5) deployed |
| United States | 1990-01-10 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | Leasat-F5 (Syncom-4-5) deployed |
| United States | 1990-01-10 | Houston TX, Nassau Bay Branch | (Black printed) cachet on cover | Leasat-F5 (Syncom-4-5) deployed |
| United States | 1990-01-10 | Houston TX | (Brown and red printed) cachet on cover | Leasat-F5 (Syncom-4-5) deployed |
| United States | 1990-01-12 | Houston TX, Nassau Bay Branch | (Photo/sticker) cachet on cover | LDEF recovered |
| United States | 1990-01-12 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | LDEF recovered |
| United States | 1990-01-12 | Houston TX | (Photo/sticker and black typed) cachet on cover | LDEF recovered |
| United States | 1990-01-20 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-32R landing |
| United States | 1990-01-26 | Titusville FL, Astronaut Trail Station | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club) cachet on cover | STS-32R transport back to Florida |
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