NASA Photo ID: S92-33957           File Name: 10065121.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/23/92
  Title: STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, INTELSAT VI reboost mission artist concept
  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 satellite inside the
  shuttle payload bay  (PLB) where astronauts are attaching new hardware and
  the vertical perigee  stage. 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  satellite.  INTELSAT VI will later be
  released from OV-105.  When it is a  safe distance away, the motor will be
  ignited to boost INTELSAT VI to a  45,000-mile transfer orbit, from where
  it will 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)                     
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  PAYLOAD RETRIEVAL (STS)                 
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-49                                  
  VISUAL AIDS                             
  

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