STS-49

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:space_mission
gptkbp:crew gptkb:Wendy_Lawrence
gptkb:Bruce_E._Melnick
gptkb:Kathryn_C._Thornton
gptkb:David_C._Leestma
gptkb:Thomas_D._Jones
gptkb:Thomas_D._Akers
gptkb:Mark_C._Lee
gptkb:Richard_Hieb
gptkb:Kevin_P._Chilton
gptkb:Michael_Mc_Culley
gptkb:Robert_C._Springer
gptkb:Thomas_Jones
gptkb:Shannon_W._Lucid
gptkb:Franklin_Chang-Diaz
gptkb:Eugene_Cernan
gptkb:Robert_L._Crippen
gptkb:Daniel_Brandenstein
gptkb:Charles_D._Gemar
gptkb:Charles_Gemar
gptkb:Ellen_Baker
gptkb:Jerry_L._Ross
gptkb:Eileen_Collins
gptkb:Fred_Leslie
gptkb:James_D._Halsell
gptkb:John_M._Lounge
gptkb:Michael_J._Bloomfield
gptkb:Shannon_Lucid
gptkb:F._Story_Musgrave
gptkb:M._Rhea_Seddon
gptkb:William_F._Readdy
gptkb:Mark_Lee
gptkb:David_Leestma
gptkb:John_Lounge
gptkb:James_Wetherbee
gptkb:Jeffrey_S._Ashby
gptkb:Richard_J._Hieb
gptkbp:crew_capacity gptkb:5
gptkb:6
gptkbp:duration 9 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes
8 days, 23 hours, 32 minutes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label STS-49
gptkbp:landing_distance 90,000 kg
gptkbp:landing_site gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center
gptkb:Edwards_Air_Force_Base
May 16, 1992
May 15, 1992
gptkbp:launch_date May 7, 1992
gptkbp:launch_mass 120,000 kg
gptkbp:launch_site gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Space_Shuttle
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Johnson_Space_Center
gptkb:STS-50
gptkb:STS-48
gptkb:STS-49_patch
Completed
Successful
Successful deployment
Deploy the TDRS-3 satellite
STS-49 mission patch
Conduct scientific experiments.
Test new satellite deployment techniques.
Perform a spacewalk to capture and repair the Intelsat VI satellite
Deploy INTELSAT VI satellite.
Deploy INTELSAT VI satellite
Successful deployment of INTELSAT VI
gptkbp:mission_duration 8 days
9 days
gptkbp:mission_type Crewed
Satellite deployment
gptkbp:notable_achievement Successful capture and deployment of INTELSAT VI.
gptkbp:notable_event First flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour
First three-person spacewalk
Deployment of the first INTELSAT satellite in the series.
First flight of Endeavour
First use of the new Remote Manipulator System
In-flight repairs of the payload.
Use of the Space Shuttle for satellite servicing.
Longest mission of the Space Shuttle program at the time
First time a satellite was captured and repaired in orbit.
Deployment of Intelsat 603
Use of the Remote Manipulator System
Involved multiple spacewalks
First mission to use the new robotic arm for satellite capture
First time a satellite was captured and repaired in orbit
gptkbp:object_deployed gptkb:Intelsat_603
gptkbp:objective Deploy the TDRS-3 satellite
Deploy the Intelsat 603 satellite
Capture and deploy Intelsat 603
Test new capture techniques
Deploying the Intelsat VI satellite
gptkbp:operating_hours 8 hours 29 minutes
gptkbp:orbit_type gptkb:Endeavour
Low Earth Orbit
gptkbp:orbital_inclination 28.5 degrees
gptkbp:payload_capacity gptkb:Intelsat_603
gptkb:INTELSAT_VI
4,500 kg
15,000 kg
5,000 kg
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:STS-48
gptkbp:primary_mission gptkb:STS-50
gptkbp:related_vehicle gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Endeavour
gptkbp:service three-person spacewalk
gptkbp:significance First shuttle mission to use a new type of satellite deployment system.
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:STS-50
gptkbp:success gptkb:True
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Challenger
gptkb:KSC_Launch_Complex_67
gptkb:Challenger
gptkb:International_Space_Station
gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Endeavour
gptkb:Space_Shuttle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4