51G-41-026 - STS-51G - Arabsat drifting in space after deployment
Summary
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Description: Photographic documentation showing the Arabsat communications satellite after deployment from the payload bay of the orbiter Discovery during STS-51G. This image shows the satellite against a background of the surface of the earth.
Subject Terms: SATELLITES REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT PAYLOAD BAY SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-G DISCOVERY (ORBITER)
Date Taken: 6/18/1985
Categories: Payloads
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
geon: ATLANTIC OCEAN
feat: ARABSAT DEPLOY,CONV.CELL
tilt: High Oblique
nlat: -15.4
nlon: -4.6
azi: 325
alt: 193
elev: 43
STS-51G
Tags
Date
1985
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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