NASA Photo ID: STS046-102-021      File Name: 10064834.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 08/08/92
  Title: OV-104's RMS grapples EURECA-1L and holds it in deployment position above PLB
  Description:
  The European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA-1L), grappled by the remote 
  manipulator system (RMS) end effector, is positioned over the payload bay 
  (PLB) of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, prior to deployment.
  EURECA-1L's  solar array panels are deployed. Below EURECA-1L, in the PLB,
  is the Tethered  Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) with the TSS-1 satellite stowed
  in the satellite  support assembly (SSA) mounted on a unpressurized
  spacelab (SL) pallet.  The  vertical tail and the orbital maneuvering
  system (OMS) pods are visible.  The  entire scene is backdropped by a land
  mass and ocean on the Earth's surface  below.             
  
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  EARTH SURFACE                           
  EURECA (ESA)                            
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SOLAR ARRAYS                            
  STS-46                                  
  TETHERED SATELLITES                     
  

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