NASA Photo ID: S92-33958           File Name: 10065120.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 extravehicular
  mobility unit (EMU) suited  astronaut, positioned on remote manipulator
  system (RMS) manipulator foot  restraint (MFR), attaching capture bar to
  INTELSAT VI aft side.  When in  place, the capture bar grapple fixture will
  be used to pull the satellite  into OV-105's payload bay (PLB).  This view
  illustrates part of the sequence  of events NASA plans to unfold on the
  first voyage of OV-105 during the  rescue of the errant INTELSAT VI
  satellite.  Once inside the PLB, a perigee  stage will be attached to
  INTELSAT.  With its new motor, INTELSAT VI will be  released from OV-105's
  PLB and when a safe distance away be boosted into a  45,000-transfer orbit. 
  It will then be maneuvered into its proper position  22,300 miles above
  Earth.  Photo credit: Hughes Aircraft Co. and NASA.         
  
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  DRAWINGS                                
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  PAYLOAD RETRIEVAL (STS)                 
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-49                                  
  VISUAL AIDS                             
  

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