NASA Photo ID: S92-33956           File Name: 10065122.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/23/92
  Title: Artist concept of INTELSAT VI release from OV-105 PLB after STS-49 repairs
  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 INTELSAT VI, with
  vertical perigee stage  attached, released from OV-105's payload bay.  This
  view illustrates final  step in the sequence of events NASA plans to unfold
  on the first voyage of  OV-105 during the rescue of the errant INTELSAT VI
  satellite.  After being  captured and then serviced by the STS-49
  crewmembers, INTELSAT VI is  released. When OV-105 is a safe distance away,
  the motor will be ignited to  boost INTELSAT VI to a 45,000-transfer orbit,
  from where it will be  maneuvered into its proper position, 22,300 miles
  above Earth.  Photo credit:  Hughes Aircraft Co. and NASA.           
  
  Subject terms:
  DRAWINGS                                
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  PAYLOAD RETRIEVAL (STS)                 
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  SPACECRAFT MAINTENANCE                  
  STS-49                                  
  VISUAL AIDS                             
  

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