Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-49
The Intelsat 603 satellite, stranded in an unusable orbit since launch aboard a Commercial Titan III rocket in March 1990, was captured by crewmembers during an EVA (extra-vehicular activity) and equipped with a new perigee kick motor. The satellite was subsequently released into orbit and the new motor fired to put the spacecraft into a geosynchronous orbit for operational use.
Total Mass: 14,618.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1992
27th orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
47th mission
3rd mission of 1992
46th successful mission
22nd consecutive successful mission