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Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace ShuttleLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
STS-46
Launched
July 31, 1992
Summary
STS-46 launched on a Lockheed Space Operations Company Space Shuttle from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on July 31, 1992. It was Lockheed Space Operations Company's 40th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 3,738th orbital launch attempt. It was the 49th Space Shuttle flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Atlantis (STS-46), one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 428 × 440 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 7 crew members flew: Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey Hoffman, Franco Malerba, Loren Shriver, Franklin Chang Díaz, Marsha Ivins and Andrew M. Allen. The spacecraft was Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- STS-46 launch & landing (7-31-92)3210andLiftoff
- Vehicle
- Space Shuttle · Lockheed Space Operations CompanySpace Shuttle
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 49th Space Shuttle flight · 5th this yearLockheed Space Operations Company's 40th launch5th this yearhumanity's 3,738th orbital launch attempt50th orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Claude NicollierMission Specialist · ESA · age 47 · first flight
Jeffrey HoffmanMission Specialist · NASA · age 47 · 3rd flight
Franco MalerbaPayload Specialist · ASI · age 45 · first flight
Loren ShriverCommander · NASA · age 47 · 3rd flight
Franklin Chang DíazMission Specialist · NASA · age 42 · 3rd flight
Marsha IvinsMission Specialist · NASA · age 41 · 2nd flight
Andrew M. AllenPilot · NASA · age 36 · first flight
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104)
Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV‑104) is a Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Constructed by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985, Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J from 3 to 7 October 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. STS-134 by Endeavour was expected to be the final flight before STS-135 was authorized in October 2010. STS-135 took advantage of the processing for the STS-335 Launch On Need mission that would have been necessary if STS-134's crew became stranded in orbit. Atlantis landed for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center on 21 July 2011. By the end of its final mission, Atlantis had orbited the Earth a total of 4,848 times, traveling nearly 126,000,000 mi (203,000,000 km) or more than 525 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 7 days 23 hours
Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility after this mission.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Atlantis (STS-46) · NORAD 22064 · 1992-049 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STS 46
- Object ID
- 1992-049A
- Epoch
- 1992-07-31 15:10:57 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.46599676 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009206
- Inclination
- 28.4688°
- Ascending node
- 350.2189°
- Arg. of perigee
- 261.5982°
- Mean anomaly
- 98.3574°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 2 payloads
- Atlantis (STS-46) · NORAD 22064 · landed August 8, 1992
- EURECA 1 · NORAD 22065
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Space Shuttle Atlantis and was launched on 31 July 1992 at 9:56:48 am EDT.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
47th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 4th this year · 66th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
35 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STS-46 launch?
STS-46 launched on July 31, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STS-46?
Coverage: STS-46 launch & landing (7-31-92). Watch the replay
What rocket launched STS-46?
Space Shuttle, flown by Lockheed Space Operations Company. Space Shuttle spec sheet
Where did STS-46 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did STS-46 reach?
Atlantis (STS-46), one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 428 × 440 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did STS-46 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is STS-46 part of?
Space Shuttle. About Space Shuttle