S46-80-084 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operations from the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. At the bottom of the frame is the satellite upper boom including (bottom to top) the 12-m deployment boom, tip can, the docking ring and the concentric ring damper. The Langmuir probe and the dipole-field antenna are stowed at either side of the TSS-1 satellite.

Subject Terms: STS-46, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS, TETHERED SATELLITES, EARTH LIMB

Date Taken: 2/24/1999

Categories: Payloads

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: NON-EARTHOBS

STS-46

satellite system satellite system tss deployment satellite deployment ov nasa antenna sts 46 atlantis payload bay space shuttle atlantis atlantis orbiter vehicle sts 46 tss 1 satellite tss 1 space shuttle payloads non earthobs sts 46 deployment boom atlantis bottom deployment operations payloads orbiter vehicle kevlar tether space orbiter boom langmuir probe dipole field antenna earth limb earth from space space program

1999

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