Mission Control Status Report #6


                         MISSION CONTROL CENTER
			    Status Report #6

STS-49, Saturday, May 9, 1992, 5 p.m. CDT

The Intelsat VI satellite officially reached the center of its
imaginary rendezvous box right on schedule at 4:45 p.m. CDT setting the
stage for tomorrow's rendezvous with Endeavour and crew for the repair
and reboost portion of the mission.

Endeavour performed two burns today to fine tune its orbit to 190 x 187
nautical miles.  Following those burns, Endeavour was closing in on
the satellite at about 75 nautical miles per orbit.

The crew documented a simultaneous supply and waste water dump using
the camera mounted on the robot arm.  The water dump was viewed to
verify the performance of the new nozzles.

Just before 9 p.m. CDT, the crew will talk with  Congressman Jim
Bacchus and four of the original 7 Mercury astronauts Sen. John Glenn,
Wally Shirra, Scott Carpenter and Alan Shepard. The Mercury astronauts
will be honored at the "Give Kids the World" annual gala at the Peabody
Hotel in Orlando.

Intelsat Headquarters in Washington, D.C., continues to monitor the
health of its satellite reporting all systems remain very stable and
ready to support tomorrow's rendezvous.