LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Thu May 07 1992
Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-49

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(11:40 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(11:40 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(11:40 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Space Shuttle

Description:

Space Shuttle rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite (Intelsat 603, which failed to leave low earth orbit two years before), attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it to its intended geosynchronous orbit. After several attempts, the capture was completed with a three-person extra-vehicular activity (EVA).
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39B