STS-46
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| Names | Space Transportation System-46 |
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| Mission type | EURECA satellite deployment TSS-1 operation Technology research |
| Operator | NASA |
| SATCAT no. | Template:Wd |
| Mission duration | Template:Time interval |
| Distance travelled | Template:Cvt |
| Orbits completed | 127 |
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| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch mass | Template:Cvt |
| Landing mass | Template:Cvt |
| Payload mass | Template:Cvt |
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| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | July 31, 1992, 13:56:48 UTC (9:56:48 am EDT) |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
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| End of mission | |
| Landing date | August 8, 1992, 13:11:50 UTC (9:11:50 am EDT) |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 33 |
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| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | Template:Cvt |
| Apogee altitude | Template:Cvt |
| Inclination | 28.46° |
| Period | 93.2 minutes |
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STS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis and was launched on July 31, 1992, and landed on August 8, 1992.
Crew
| Position | Astronaut | |
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| Commander | Template:Flagicon Loren Shriver Third and last spaceflight | |
| Pilot | Template:Flagicon Andrew M. Allen First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | Template:Flagicon Claude Nicollier, ESA First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 Flight Engineer |
Template:Flagicon Marsha Ivins Second spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 3 | Template:Flagicon Jeffrey A. Hoffman Third spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 4 | Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Franklin Chang-Díaz Third spaceflight | |
| Payload Specialist 1 | Template:Flagicon Franco Malerba, ASI Only spaceflight | |
| Robert L. Gibson had originally been selected to command STS-46, however, after he was involved in an air-race collision, he was suspended from training for this mission.[1] Gibson would fly again on STS-47. | ||
| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Payload Specialist 1 | Template:Flagicon Umberto Guidoni, ASI | |
Crew seat assignments
| Seat[2] | Launch | Landing | File:Space Shuttle seating plan.svg Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck. Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck. |
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| 1 | Shriver | ||
| 2 | Allen | ||
| 3 | Nicollier | Hoffman | |
| 4 | Ivins | ||
| 5 | Hoffman | Nicollier | |
| 6 | Chang-Díaz | ||
| 7 | Malerba | ||
Mission highlights
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Gallery
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EURECA after deployment
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TSS-1 satellite
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TSS-1 tether close-up deployment
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TSS-1 fully extended deployment
See also
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- List of human spaceflights
- List of Space Shuttle missions
- Outline of space science
- Space Shuttle
- STS-75, a space shuttle mission with objectives similar to those of STS-46
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harwood, William (July 9, 1990). "Two shuttle commanders disciplined, grounded". UPI Archive. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
Gibson also was barred from T-38 jet trainer flights for one year while Walker was grounded for 60 days. Neither pilot will be eligible for reassignment to a shuttle mission until they are back on T-38 flight status.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."STS-46". Spacefacts. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
Further reading
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External links
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