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Launch SuccessfulLockheed Space Operations Company
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104: STS-46
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.
Friday, 31 July 1992
Mission Data
Launch VehicleSpace Shuttle
Vehicle Record133 of 135 launches (98.5%)
Launch Provider🇺🇸 Lockheed Space Operations Company
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record64 successes / 1 failures (98%)
Success Streak49 consecutive
ProgramSpace Shuttle · Human Spaceflight
Mission TypeHeliophysics
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadLaunch Complex 39A
Location🇺🇸 Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#50
Agency Launches This Year#5
Launches From This Pad224
Launches From This Site283
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39A · 28.6082°N 80.6043°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.