S46-73-046 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104
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The original finding aid described this as:
Description: TThe 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 (top to bottom) 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, DEPLOYMENT
Date Taken: 8/4/1992
Categories: Payloads
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
feat: NON-EARTHOBS
nlat: -17
nlon: -122.9
azi: 310
alt: 162
elev: 39
STS-46
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