NASA Photo ID: S92-33959           File Name: 10065119.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/23/92
  Title: Artist concept of STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, INTELSAT VI astronaut capture
  Description:
  STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, International
  Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) VI artist concept
  drawing of on-orbit  repair and boost sequence shows OV-105 / INTELSAT
  rendezvous at 200 nautical  miles above the Earth.  An extravehicular
  mobility unit (EMU) suited  astronaut, positioned in the manipulator foot
  restraint (MFR) on the remote  manipulator system (RMS) arm and holding the
  capture bar, is maneuvered into  retrieval position at INTELSAT VI's aft
  side.  Below him a second EMU-suited  astronaut watches the procedure. 
  Once the capture bar with grapple fixture  is attached to the INTELSAT
  satllite it will be lowered into OV-105's PLB.   Vertical perigee stage and
  hardware seen resting in the PLB will be fastened  to INTELSAT.  With its
  new motor installed, INTELSAT will be released from  OV-105's PLB and when
  a safe distance away will be boosted into a  45,000-transfer orbit.  It
  will then be maneuvered into its proper position,  22,300 miles above the
  Earth.  Photo credit: Hughes Aircraft Co. and NASA.        
  
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  DRAWINGS                                
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  PAYLOAD RETRIEVAL (STS)                 
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-49                                  
  VISUAL AIDS                             
  

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