NASA Photo ID: S89-44180           File Name: 10063726.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 09/11/89
  Title: Artist concept of Shuttle Solar Backscatter UV (SSBUV) flight configuration
  Description:
  Artist concept of STS-34 payload bay (PLB) experiment is titled SSBUV
  FLIGHT  CONFIGURATION.  The labeled drawing of the Shuttle Solar
  Backscatter  Ultraviolet (UV) (SSBUV) get away special (GAS) canisters
  identifies the  adapter beam, motorized door mechanism, instrument
  canister, support  canister, bottom hat, and interconnect cable.  The GAS
  canisters will be  mounted on the starboard wall of Atlantis', Orbiter
  Vehicle (OV) 104's, PLB.   One canister contains an instrument nearly
  identical to that flown on the  satellite.  The second canister provides
  power, data, and command systems.   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                             
  GET AWAY SPECIALS (STS)                 
  SOLAR BACKSCATTER UV SPECTROMETER       
  SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  
  STS-34                                  
  THERMAL PROTECTION                      
  VISUAL AIDS                             
  

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