Space Shuttle missions for satellite deployment?

Question

Was there any Space Shuttle mission whose primary target were e deploying satellites (space stations do not count).

Do you mean no science was performed, only a satellite payload was deployed? — GdD, Aug 04 '20 at 15:24
I understand such missions do not exist so I modified the question — Joe Jobs, Aug 04 '20 at 16:12

Organic Marble · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-15T14:44:15.833

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These early missions launched comsats for paying customers.

STS-5, 7, 8, 41-B, 41-D, 51-A, 51-D, 51-G, 51-I, 61-B, 61-C, 49

These missions launched geosynchronous comsats for NASA or other government agencies

STS-6, 26, 29, 32, 43, 54, 51, 70

These missions launched Earth-orbiting scientific or unclassified defense satellites for NASA or other government agencies

STS-41C, 41-G, 61-A, 31, 37, 48, 44, 46, 52, 53, 60, 63, 93

The payloads on several DOD dedicated missions remain classified.

This list does not include

satellites deployed from the shuttle and retrieved during the same mission.
tiny satellites for universities, etc., as Getaway Specials or other add-on payloads.
planetary probes deployed from shuttle

edited Mar 15 '21 at 14:44

answered Aug 04 '20 at 15:07

Organic Marble

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I prefer to change the question then, to ask about primary missions – Joe Jobs Aug 04 '20 at 15:18
STS-32 was also used to retrieve a satellite but this is a nice list of STS satellite launches. I will change the question to match the answer list – Joe Jobs Aug 04 '20 at 15:40
@JoeJobs I did not include missions with only retrievals, since your question asks about deployments – Organic Marble Aug 04 '20 at 16:06

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