STS-46
Sign in to saveSTS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using and was launched on July 31, 1992, and landed on August 8, 1992.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.programme
- Space Shuttle program
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-46
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-46
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-46 EURECA deployment.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Atlantiss Canadarm grapples the European Space Agency's EURECA satellite, prior to its deployment.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- EURECA satellite deploymentTSS-1 operationTechnology research
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 127
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (9:56:48amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (9:11:50amEDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.46°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 93.2 minutes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-47
- Follows
- STS-50
- Duration
- 688503
- Mass
- 12164
- Orbital period
- 93.2
- Image
- STS-46 EURECA deployment.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- Commons category
- STS-46
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1992-07-31
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- Franco Malerba
- vessel
- Atlantis
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 127
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1992-08-08
- Commons gallery
- STS-46
- periapsis
- 425
- apoapsis
- 437
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
STS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using and was launched on July 31, 1992, and landed on August 8, 1992.
== Crew ==
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