S46-80-051 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104
Summary
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
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
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