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STS-46 / Atlantis Patch

STS-46 / Atlantis Patch

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Twelfth Atlantis flight. Deployed ESA's European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA), a platform placed in orbit for 6 months offering conventional services to experimenters. Tested Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1), a joint program between the United States and Italy. Landed at Kennedy Space Center, FL. on August 8, 1992. Mission Duration: 191 hours 16 minutes 7 seconds.

Patch description: Designed by the crewmembers assigned to the flight, the STS-46 crew patch depicts the Space Shuttle Atlantis in orbit around Earth, accompanied by major payloads: the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and the Tethered Satellite System (TSS- l). In the depiction, EURECA has been activated and released, its antennae and solar arrays deployed, and it is about to start its ten- month scientific mission. The Tethered Satellite is linked to the orbiter by a 20-krn. tether. The purple beam emanating from an electron generator in the payload bay spirals around Earth's magnetic field. Visible on Earth's surface are the United States of America and the thirteen-member countries of the European Space Agency (ESA), in particular, Italy -- partner with the USA in the TSS program. The American and Italian flags, as well as the ESA logo, further serve to illustrate the international character of STS-46.

4" diameter embroidered patch.

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