STS-49
Sign in to saveSTS-49 was NASA's maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which launched on May 7, 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite, Intelsat 603, which failed to leave Low Earth orbit two years before, attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it to its intended geosynchronous orbit. After several attempts, the capture was completed with the only three-person extravehicular activity (EVA) in space flight history. It would also stand until STS-102 in 2001 as the longest EVA ever undertaken.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-49
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-49
- Spaceflight.image
- Three Crew Members Capture Intelsat VI - GPN-2000-001035.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Hieb, Akers, and Thuot assist in capturing the Intelsat 603 satellite from its derelict orbit.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Intelsat 603 satellite repair
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 141
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_EVAs
- 4
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (7:40pmEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (1:57:39pmPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.32°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.60 minutes
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- Crew
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- Mission highlights
- Wake-up Calls
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- See also
- References
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STS-49 was NASA's maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which launched on May 7, 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite, Intelsat 603, which failed to leave Low Earth orbit two years before, attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it to its intended geosynchronous orbit. After several attempts, the capture was completed with the only three-person extravehicular activity (EVA) in space flight history. It would also stand until STS-102 in 2001 as the longest EVA ever undertaken.
== Crew ==