| Registration number |
1992-026A / 21963 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) |
23h.40m.00s. May 07, 1992 |
| Launch site |
Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B |
| Launch vehicle |
Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) |
14786 |
| Orbital parameters: |
| - inclination (degrees) |
28.35 |
| - period (minutes) |
90.6 |
| - perigee (km) |
268 |
| - apogee (km) |
341 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) |
20h.58m.34s. May 16, 1992 |
| - rollout time (sec.) |
56 |
| Place of landing |
Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
| Duration |
8d.21h.18m.34s. |
| Distance (km) |
5.948 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth |
140 |
| Summary |
1st fly of shuttle "Endeavour". Relaunch of the satellite "Intelsat-VI" (launched in March 1990) after equipment with new accelerator.
|
| Date |
Time (UTC) |
Spaceship's revo-
lution number |
Explanation |
|
May 07, 1992
|
23:40:00
|
1
|
Lift-off Shuttle, mission
"STS-49"
(crew:
Brandenstein,
Chilton,
Thuot,
Thornton,
Hieb,
Akers,
Melnick
).
|
|
May 10, 1992
|
20:32
|
46
|
Beginning of EVA (
Thuot,
Hieb
); the 1st [of 4] EVA of the mission
"STS-49"
.
|
|
May 11, 1992
|
00:15
|
49
|
Ending of EVA (
Thuot,
Hieb
), duration 3:43; mission
"STS-49"
.
|
|
May 11, 1992
|
21:01
|
62
|
Beginning of EVA (
Thuot,
Hieb
); the 2nd [of 4] EVA of the mission
"STS-49"
.
|
|
May 12, 1992
|
02:31
|
66
|
Ending of EVA (
Thuot,
Hieb
), duration 5:30; mission
"STS-49"
.
|
|
May 13, 1992
|
21:13
|
94
|
Beginning of EVA (
Thuot,
Hieb,
Akers
); the 3rd [of 4] EVA of the mission
"STS-49"
. 3 astronauts first are in open space at the same time!
|
|
May 14, 1992
|
05:42
|
99
|
Ending of EVA (
Thuot,
Hieb,
Akers
), duration 8:29; mission
"STS-49"
.
|
|
May 14, 1992
|
21:07
|
109
|
Beginning of EVA (
Akers,
Thornton
); the 4th [of 4] EVA of the mission
"STS-49"
.
|
|
May 15, 1992
|
04:52
|
114
|
Ending of EVA (
Akers,
Thornton
), duration 7:45; mission
"STS-49"
.
|
|
May 16, 1992
|
19:55:15
|
140
|
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission
"STS-49"
(crew:
Brandenstein,
Chilton,
Thuot,
Thornton,
Hieb,
Akers,
Melnick
).
|
|
May 16, 1992
|
20:58:34
|
141
|
Landing of Shuttle, mission
"STS-49"
(crew:
Brandenstein,
Chilton,
Thuot,
Thornton,
Hieb,
Akers,
Melnick
).
|
