NASA Photo ID: S89-44171           File Name: 10063725.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 09/11/89
  Title: STS-34 Galileo / Shuttle Solar Backscatter UV (SSBUV) flight configurations
  Description:
  Artist concept of Atlantis', Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104's, payload bay (PLB) 
  titled STS-34 GALILEO/SSBUV shows the flight configuration of the Shuttle 
  Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (UV) (SSBUV) and the Galileo spacecraft and 
  inertial upper stage (IUS).  An inset shows the details of the SSBUV get 
  away special (GAS) canisters.  SSBUV canisters will be mounted on a GAS 
  adapter beam assembly (GABA) or gas bridge assembly (GBA) on OV-104's PLB 
  starboard wall.  One GAS canister has a motorized door assembly (MDA).  
  During STS-34, SSBUV instrument will calibrate similar ozone measuring 
  space-based instruments on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
  Administration's (NOAA's) TIROS satellites (NOAA-9 and NOAA-11).  SSBUV
  uses  the Space Shuttle's orbital flight path to assess instrument
  performance by  directly comparing data from identical instruments aboard
  TIROS spacecraft,  as the Shuttle and the satellite pass over the same
  Earth location within a  one hour window.  SSBUV is managed by Goddard
  Space Flight Center (GSFC).          
  
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  CALIBRATING                             
  GALILEO SPACECRAFT                      
  GET AWAY SPECIALS (STS)                 
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  SOLAR BACKSCATTER UV SPECTROMETER       
  SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  
  STS-34                                  
  VISUAL AIDS                             
  

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