S44-71-025 - STS-044 - STS-44 DSP / IUS spacecraft tilted to deployment position in OV-104's PLB
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Description: STS-44 Defense Support Program (DSP) / Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) spacecraft, with forward airborne support equipment (ASE) payload retention latch actuator and umbilical boom released (foreground), is raised to a 58 degree deployment position by the ASE aft frame tilt actuator (AFTA) table in the payload bay (PLB) of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. The IUS is supported in the ASE AFTA table and is inscribed with USAF. Above the IUS is the DSP satellite with stowed solar paddles (box-like structure) visible just above the DSP/IUS interface. Lights illuminate the PLB and highlight the IUS and some DSP components against the blackness of space. Image 025 was selected by the Public Affairs Office (PAO) for public release.
Subject Terms: STS-44, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), PAYLOAD BAY, SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS, SPACELAB PAYLOADS, ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE, ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES, DEFENSE PROGRAM, INERTIAL UPPER STAGE, EARTH LIMB
Date Taken: 11/25/1991
Categories: Payloads
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Element: Shuttle Payload Bay
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
feat: DEPLOY, DOD SATELLITE
nlat: 28.1
nlon: -163.4
azi: 259
alt: 197
elev: -26
STS-44
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