51G-41-037 - STS-51G - Arabsat drifting in space after deployment

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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: REPUBLIC SOUTH AFRICA

feat: PILANESBURG INTRUSIVE-DK

lat: -25.3

lon: 27.1

tilt: 23

cldp: 0

nlat: -26.3

nlon: 28

dir: NW

azi: 304

alt: 194

elev: 12

STS-51G

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1985

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