NASA Photo ID: S92-26583          File Name: 10065125.gif 
 
Film Type: 35mm CN                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.