S37-99-086 - STS-037 - The Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) grappled by the RMS during STS-37 deployment

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: Backdropped against an Earth limb, the Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) with its solar array (SA) panels deployed is grappled by the remote manipulator system (RMS) above Atlantis', Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, payload bay during STS-37 systems checkout. GRO's four complement instruments are visible: the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET)(at the bottom); the Imaging Compton Telescope (COMPTEL) (center); the Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment (OSSE) (top); and Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) (on four corners). The view was taken by STS-37 crew through an aft flight deck overhead window.

Subject Terms: STS-37, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY, PAYLOAD BAY, REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM, PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, SOLAR ARRAYS, EARTH LIMB

Date Taken: 4/7/1991

Categories: Payloads

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: GRO DEPLOY

tilt: High Oblique

nlat: 28.3

nlon: -94.2

azi: 102

alt: 247

elev: 35
STS-37