NASA Photo ID: S92-26583           File Name: 10065125.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 01/24/92
  Title: STS-49, OV-105, INTELSAT capture scene illustrated with PLAID graphics
  Description:
  STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, International
  Telecommunications  Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) onorbit repair and
  redeployment activity is illustrated with PLAID computer graphics.  An
  extravehicular mobility unit  (EMU) suited astronaut, on the remote
  manipulator system (RMS) manipulator  foot restraint (MFR), is maneuvered
  into capture position at INTELSAT VI's  aft side.  Once the capture bar
  with grapple fixture is attached to the  satellite, it will be lowered into
  OV-105's payload bay (PLB).  Two  crewmembers will then mate INTELSAT VI
  with the perigee stage (depicted in  lower left), so that the satellite can
  be boosted to a higher, geosynchronous  orbit.  This view is one of a
  series that depicts the sequence of events NASA  plans to unfold in the
  rescue of the errant INTELSAT VI satellite.           
  Subject terms:
  COMPUTER ANIMATION                      
  COMPUTER GRAPHICS                       
  EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  REPAIRING                               
  SPACE MAINTENANCE                       
  SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATIONS               
  STS-49                                  
  

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