NASA Photo ID: S92-33959          File Name: 10065119.jpg

Film Type: 4x5 CN                 Date Taken: 04/23/92

Title: Artist concept of STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, INTELSAT VI astronaut capture

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 OV-105 / INTELSAT
rendezvous at 200 nautical  miles above the Earth.  An extravehicular
mobility unit (EMU) suited  astronaut, positioned in the manipulator foot
restraint (MFR) on the remote  manipulator system (RMS) arm and holding the
capture bar, is maneuvered into  retrieval position at INTELSAT VI's aft
side.  Below him a second EMU-suited  astronaut watches the procedure. 
Once the capture bar with grapple fixture  is attached to the INTELSAT
satllite it will be lowered into OV-105's PLB.   Vertical perigee stage and
hardware seen resting in the PLB will be fastened  to INTELSAT.  With its
new motor installed, INTELSAT will be released from  OV-105's PLB and when
a safe distance away will be boosted into a  45,000-transfer orbit.  It
will then be maneuvered into its proper position,  22,300 miles above the
Earth.  Photo credit: Hughes Aircraft Co. and NASA.