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1992 in spaceflight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1992 |
| image | Three_Crew_Members_Capture_Intelsat_VI_-_GPN-2000-001035.jpg |
| caption | Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot undertake the first-ever three-person EVA to repair the Intelsat 603 spacecraft during STS-49, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. |
| first | 21 January |
| last | 29 December |
| total | 97 |
| success | 93 |
| failed | 2 |
| partial | 2 |
| maidens | Atlas IIA |
| retired | Commercial Titan III |
| Delta II 6920 | |
| Delta II 6925 | |
| H-I | |
| orbital | 10 |
| totalcrew | 59 |
| firstlaunch | |
| firstsat | |
| firsttrav | |
Delta II 6920 Delta II 6925 H-I
The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight.
Orbital launches
January
|- |d-date=20 March |o-span=2 |d-date=30 January |d-time=16:07:17 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date = 17 January 2012 |d-date=13 March
February
|- |d-date=5 February |d-date=3 December 2001 Operational: Geostationary
March
|- |d-date=1 July 2007 |d-date=10 August |o-span=2 |d-date=2 April |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit
April
|- |d-date=30 May |d-date=16 February 1993 |d-date=27 June |d-date=29 May |d-date=11 June
May
|- |d-date=16 May |d-date=14 July |d-date=24 July
June
|- |d-date=31 January 2002 |d-date=9 July |o-span=3 |d-date=9 July |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=24 July
July
|- |d-date = 13 November 2012 |d-date=16 March 2003 |d-date=22 September |d-date=1 February 1993 |d-date=13 August TSS tether jammed during deployment; EURECA returned to Earth by Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-57 |d-date=8 August |d-span=2 |d-span=inherit |d-date=1 July 1993
August
|- |d-date=4 April 2008 |d-date=1 September Operational: Geostationary |d-date=21 October |d-date=4 September |d-date=25 September |d-date=24 September |d-date=22 August
September
|- |o-span=2 |d-date=20 September |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=20 November Contact lost three days before orbit insertion. It is unclear whether the spacecraft entered Aerocentric orbit, remained in Heliocentric orbit, or exploded. Achieved: Heliocentric |d-date=Unknown
October
|- |d-date=13 October |d-date=24 October Operational: Geostationary |d-date=6 November 2010 |d-time=04:22 |o-span=2 |d-date=1 November |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=7 February 1993 |d-date=1 April 1993 |d-date=5 February 1993
November
|- |d-date=22 November |d-date=18 January 1993 |d-date=18 July 1993 |d-date=3 May 2023 |d-time=03:58 |d-date=5 June 2000
December
|- |d-date=8 November 2008 |d-date=9 December |o-span=6 |d-date=9 December |d-span=6 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=16 December 1993 Achieved: Low Earth |d-date=29 June 1995 |d-date=18 February 1993 |d-date=10 January 1993 |}
Suborbital launches
January
|- |d-date=11 January |d-date=17 January |d-date=23 January |d-date=28 January |d-date=31 January
February
|- |d-date=1 February |d-date=18 February |d-date=22 February |d-date=22 February |d-date=22 February |d-date=22 February |d-date=22 February
March
|- |d-date=3 March |d-date=3 March |d-date=3 March |d-date=4 March |d-date=6 March |d-date=12 March |d-date=13 March Apogee: 290 km |d-date=13 March |d-date=15 March |d-date=18 March |d-date=19 March |d-date=19 March |d-date=29 March |d-date=29 March
April
|- |d-date=8 April |d-date=8 April |d-date=9 April |d-date=15 April |d-date=29 April
May
|- |d-date=5 May |d-date=5 May |d-date=12 May |d-date=23 May |d-date=24 May |d-date=25 May |d-date=27 May |d-date=28 May |d-date=30 May |d-time=L+1 hour
June
|- |d-date=1 June |d-date=2 June |d-date=6 June |d-date=9 June |d-date=16 June |d-date=18 June |d-date=18 June |d-date=18 June |d-date=18 June |d-date=19 June |d-date=19 June |d-date=23 June |d-time=L+1 hour
July
|- |d-date=1 July |d-date=2 July |d-date=3 July |d-date=4 July |d-date=12 July |d-date=24 July |d-date=28 July |d-date=29 July |d-time=L+1 hour |d-time=L+1 hour
August
|- |d-date=4 August |d-date=4 August |d-date=4 August |d-date=4 August |d-date=18 August |d-date=19 August |d-date=21 August |d-date=24 August |d-date=26 August |d-date=27 August
September
|- |d-date=1 September |d-date=3 September |d-date=3 September |d-date=3 September |d-date=3 September |d-date=10 September |d-date=16 September |d-date=28 September
October
|- |d-date=16 October |d-date=19 October |d-date=22 October |d-date=25 October |d-date=27 October
November
|- |d-date=4 November |d-date=8 November |d-date=10 November |d-date=10 November |d-date=10 November |d-date=10 November |d-date=22 November
December
|- |d-date=1 December |d-date=6 December |d-date=9 December |d-date=9 December |d-date=11 December |d-date=15 December
|}
Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 February | Ulysses | 1st flyby of Jupiter | Gravity assist, inclination change |
| 15 February | Hiten | Selenocentric orbit injection | |
| 14 July | Giotto | Flyby of 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup | Closest approach: 200 km |
| 8 October | Pioneer Venus Orbiter | Deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere | |
| 8 December | Galileo | 2nd flyby of the Earth | Gravity assist; Closest approach: 305 km |
EVAs
| Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 February | |||||
| 20:09 | 4 hours | ||||
| 12 minutes | 21 February | ||||
| 00:21 | Mir EO-10 | ||||
| Kvant-2 | RUSAleksandr Volkov | ||||
| RUSSergei Krikalev | Performed maintenance activities on the outside of Mir, including cleaning camera lenses. Volkov had problems with the cooling system on his Orlan space suit, and was limited in his mobility. | ||||
| 10 May | |||||
| 20:40 | 3 hours | ||||
| 43 minutes | 11 May | ||||
| 00:23 | STS-49 | ||||
| USAPierre J. Thuot | |||||
| USARichard Hieb | Thuot attempted to capture the Intelsat VI satellite using a capture bar while Hieb stood by to assist with placement in the payload bay. After multiple attempts to catch Intelsat VI, the spacewalkers returned to the airlock to consider the failed attempts. | ||||
| 11 May | |||||
| 21:05 | 5 hours | ||||
| 30 minutes | 12 May | ||||
| 02:35 | STS-49 | ||||
| Endeavour | USAPierre J. Thuot | ||||
| USARichard Hieb | Thuot tried five more times to capture Intelsat VI while Hieb stood by to assist. Once again Thuot was unable to engage the capture bar to the satellite. | ||||
| 13 May | |||||
| 21:17 | 8 hours | ||||
| 29 minutes | 14 May | ||||
| 05:46 | STS-49 | ||||
| Endeavour | USAPierre J. Thuot | ||||
| USARichard Hieb | |||||
| USAThomas Akers | Thuot, Hieb and Akers captured Intelsat VI with their hands. The trio then pulled the satellite into the payload bay, added a new perigee kick motor, and launched the satellite away from Endeavour. This spacewalk was the first three-person spacewalk in history. The three spacewalkers also set a new record for elapsed spacewalk time. | ||||
| 14 May | |||||
| ~21:00 | 7 hours | ||||
| 44 minutes | 15 May | ||||
| ~04:45 | STS-49 | ||||
| Endeavour | USAThomas Akers | ||||
| USAKathryn C. Thornton | Tested space station assembly techniques on an experimental structure, the Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods (ASEM). | ||||
| 8 July | |||||
| 12:38 | 2 hours | ||||
| 3 minutes | 14:41 | Mir EO-11 | |||
| Kvant-2 | RUSAleksandr Viktorenko | ||||
| RUSAleksandr Kaleri | Inspected several gyrodynes, located on the Kvant-2 module, near the airlock to provide data needed to prepare for the planned repair and replacement work of the gyrodynes. | ||||
| 3 September | |||||
| 13:32 | 3 hours | ||||
| 56 minutes | 17:28 | Mir EO-12 | |||
| Kvant-2 | RUSSergei Avdeyev | ||||
| RUSAnatoly Solovyev | Moved the VDU thruster unit to its position and prepared the Sofora girder for installation of the VDU. | ||||
| 7 September | |||||
| 11:47 | 5 hours | ||||
| 8 minutes | 16:55 | Mir EO-12 | |||
| Kvant-2 | RUSSergei Avdeyev | ||||
| RUSAnatoly Solovyev | Installed the electrical and control cables needed by the VDU thruster for operation on the Sofora truss and recovered the Russian flag installed on the Sofora truss the year before. | ||||
| 11 September | |||||
| 10:06 | 5 hours | ||||
| 44 minutes | 15:50 | Mir EO-12 | |||
| Kvant-2 | RUSSergei Avdeyev | ||||
| RUSAnatoly Solovyev | Completed install of the VDU thruster on Sofora truss, and moved the truss into its extended position. | ||||
| 15 September | |||||
| 07:49 | 3 hours | ||||
| 33 minutes | 11:22 | Mir EO-12 | |||
| Kvant-2 | RUSSergei Avdeyev | ||||
| RUSAnatoly Solovyev | Collected samples of a solar array and relocated the Kurs docking antenna on the Kristall module in preparation of the arrival of Soyuz TM-16. |
References
Footnotes
References
- NASA. (2007-11-23). "NASA – STS-42". National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- (28 November 2022). "GEOTAIL ends after over 30 years of observational operations". ISAS/JAXA.
- "The Aerospace Corporation - Assuring Mission Success".
- McDowell, Jonathan. (3 May 2023). "The Russian early warning satellite Oko 73D6-6051, codename Kosmos-2222, reentered south of New Zealand at 0358 UTC May 3 after 30.4 years in space. It operated from 1992 to about 1995 and has been space junk since then.".
- Baker, Paul. (June 1993). "Lightweight exo-atmospheric projectile (LEAP) Space Flight Test, June 1992, performance validation". AIAA.
- Kallender, Mark. "STS-49, The Rescue Of Intelsat-VI 603".
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