NASA
/
STS-49
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:40:00
Thursday May 7, 1992
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
Mission Details
Launch Notes
The first flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
STS-49
The Intelsat 603 satellite, stranded in an unusable orbit since launch aboard a Commercial Titan III rocket in March 1990, was captured by crewmembers during an EVA (extra-vehicular activity) and equipped with a new perigee kick motor. The satellite was subsequently released into orbit and the new motor fired to put the spacecraft into a geosynchronous orbit for operational use.
Low Earth Orbit
14,618 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
NASAPrice
$450.00 million
Rocket
Height: 56.1m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 27,500 kg
GTO: 3,810 kg
Liftoff Thrust
30,250 Kilonewtons
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
Launch Site
Stats
Space Shuttle
47th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1992
1992
27th
Orbital launch attempt