NASA Photo ID: S91-41110           File Name: 10065000.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 07/16/91
  Title: STS-48 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) preflight processing at KSC
  Description:
  Kennedy Space Center (KSC) technicians, wearing clean suits, prepare the 
  Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) for the installation of the 
  high-gain antenna on the instrument module.  UARS is in the Payload
  Hazardous  Servicing Facility (PHSF) for preflight preparation and testing. 
  It is held  in a ground support structure via its outrigger trusses during
  processing.   Visible UARS components include: the Cyrogenic Limb Array
  Etalon Spectrometer  (CLAES) (at bottom left); the grapple fixture
  (center); the Microwave Limb  Sounder (MLS) equipment (at bottom right);
  and the stowed solar array (SA)  (at top).  View provided by KSC with
  alternate KSC number KSC-91PC-1056.             
  Subject terms:
  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SATELLITES       
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  PERSONNEL                               
  PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS                    
  STS-48                                  
  UPPER ATMOSPHERE                        
  

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