NASA Photo ID: S92-42288           File Name: 10064823.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 07/29/92
  Title: STS-46 Atlantis, OV-104, Tethered Satellite System (TSS) artist concept
  Description:
  STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Tethered Satellite System (TSS)
  artist concept showing the TSS deployed from Atlantis' payload bay (PLB)
  via  the deployer system's boom and the tether, which is made of a core of
  Nomex  wrapped with copper wire, insulated with Teflon and covered with
  braided  Kevlar and braided Nomex. This construction offers electrical
  conductivity  and strength.  View provided by Martin Marietta.                
  
  Subject terms:
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  
  STS-46                                  
  TETHERED SATELLITES                     
  VISUAL AIDS
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