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STS-46

1992 American crewed spaceflight to deploy EURECA and TSS-1

Field	Value
name	STS-46
names_list	Space Transportation System-46
image	STS-46 EURECA deployment.jpg
image_caption	Atlantiss Canadarm grapples the European Space Agency's EURECA satellite, prior to its deployment.
mission_type	EURECA satellite deployment
TSS-1 operation
Technology research
operator	NASA
mission_duration
distance_travelled	5344643 km
orbits_completed	127
spacecraft
launch_mass	116134 kg
landing_mass	94676 kg
payload_mass	12164 kg
crew_size	7
crew_members
launch_date	UTC (9:56:48amEDT)
launch_site	Kennedy, LC-39B
launch_contractor	Rockwell International
landing_date	UTC (9:11:50amEDT)
landing_site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
orbit_reference	Geocentric orbit
orbit_regime	Low Earth orbit
orbit_periapsis	425 km
orbit_apoapsis	437 km
orbit_inclination	28.46°
orbit_period	93.2 minutes
apsis	gee
instruments
insignia	Sts-46-patch.png
insignia_caption	STS-46 mission patch
crew_photo	Sts-46_crew.jpg
crew_photo_caption	Standing: Ivins, Nicollier, Hoffman, Chang-Díaz and Malerba
Seated: Allen and Shriver
programme	Space Shuttle program
previous_mission	STS-50 (48)
next_mission	STS-47 (50)

TSS-1 operation Technology research Seated: Allen and Shriver

STS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using and was launched on July 31, 1992, and landed on August 8, 1992.

Crew

Flight Engineer

Crew seat assignments

Seat	Launch	Landing	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
[[File:Space Shuttle seating plan.svg	150px]]
Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.
Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.
Shriver
Allen
Nicollier	Hoffman
Ivins
Hoffman	Nicollier
Chang-Díaz
Malerba

Mission highlights

Gallery

File:Sts046-99-039 - cropped.jpg|EURECA after deployment File:STS-46 TSS-1.jpg|TSS-1 satellite File:STS-46 TSS-1 tether close-up.jpg|TSS-1 tether close-up deployment File:STS-46 TSS-1 fully extended.jpg|TSS-1 fully extended deployment

References

Harwood, William. (July 9, 1990). "Two shuttle commanders disciplined, grounded". UPI Archive.
"STS-46". Spacefacts.

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