Historical Events tagged with "tethered satellite"
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Space Exploration
Launch of Atlantis on STS-46 Mission
July 31st, 1992 32 years ago
Space Shuttle Atlantis launched for STS-46 to deploy the European Retrievable Carrier (ERC) and the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This mission aimed to conduct tests in space technologies and explore the potential of tether systems in orbit. The mission uniquely featured a demonstration of a tethered satellite that was used to examine various Earth atmospheric phenomena and other scientific data.
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