STS-46

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NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-46 was a 1992 Space Shuttle mission that deployed the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and conducted the first test flight of the Tethered Satellite System.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
callsign Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander Loren J. Shriver NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewNationality Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
crewSize 7 ⓘ
deployed EURECA NERFINISHED ⓘ
European Retrievable Carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy STS-47 NERFINISHED ⓘ
internationalPartner European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
landingDate 1992-08-08 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchDate 1992-07-31 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionDesignation STS-46 NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionDuration 7 days 23 hours 15 minutes ⓘ
missionNumber 49 ⓘ
missionPatchShape circular ⓘ
missionSpecialist Claude Nicollier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jeffrey A. Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marsha S. Ivins NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionType microgravity research mission ⓘ
technology demonstration mission ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee 307 km ⓘ
orbiter Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee 296 km ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 127 ⓘ
payload European Retrievable Carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tethered Satellite System-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
payloadSpecialist Franco Malerba NERFINISHED ⓘ
pilot Andrew M. Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy STS-50 NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryObjective Deployment of the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) ⓘ
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
secondaryObjective First test flight of the Tethered Satellite System ⓘ
spacecraft OV-104 NERFINISHED ⓘ
tested TSS-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tethered Satellite System NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfFlight 1992 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Shuttle Atlantis → mission → STS-46 ⓘ
Claude Nicollier → spaceMission → STS-46 ⓘ
Jeffrey A. Hoffman → mission → STS-46 ⓘ
OV-104 → performedMission → STS-46 ⓘ
Loren J. Shriver → spaceMission → STS-46 ⓘ