STS-46

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STS-46 was a 1992 Space Shuttle mission that deployed the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and conducted the first test flight of the Tethered Satellite System.

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STS-46 canonical 10
STS-46 crew 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
callsign Atlantis
commander Loren J. Shriver
country United States
crewNationality Italy
Switzerland
United States
crewSize 7
deployed EURECA
European Retrievable Carrier
followedBy STS-47
internationalPartner European Space Agency
Italian Space Agency
landingDate 1992-08-08
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1992-07-31
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis
missionDesignation STS-46
missionDuration 7 days 23 hours 15 minutes
missionNumber 49
missionPatchShape circular
missionSpecialist Claude Nicollier
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Marsha S. Ivins
missionType microgravity research mission
technology demonstration mission
operator NASA
orbitApogee 307 km
orbiter Atlantis
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees
orbitPerigee 296 km
orbitsCompleted 127
payload European Retrievable Carrier
Tethered Satellite System-1
payloadSpecialist Franco Malerba
pilot Andrew M. Allen
precededBy STS-50
primaryObjective Deployment of the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA)
program Space Shuttle program
secondaryObjective First test flight of the Tethered Satellite System
spacecraft OV-104
tested TSS-1
Tethered Satellite System
yearOfFlight 1992

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Jeffrey A. Hoffman mission STS-46
OV-104 performedMission STS-46
STS-46 missionDesignation STS-46
STS-50 followedBy STS-46
Claude Nicollier spaceMission STS-46
subject linked to: Nicollier
STS-47 precededBy STS-46
Space Shuttle Atlantis crew notableMission STS-46 crew
linked to: STS-46