Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis at the start of Mission STS-46. Atlantis was launched on this,its 12th flight,on 31 July 1992. The crew deployed the first European Retrievable Carrier (Eureca-1) microgravity platform into low orbit. Also in the cargo bay was the first Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1). This was to be reeled out to a distance of 20 kilometres above the Shuttle to conduct experiments on electricity generation. Unfortunately,a fault in the tether reeling system prevented the satellite from going further than 256 metres. Atlantis landed on 8 August 1992 to complete the mission | |
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