NASA Photo ID: STS048(E)003        File Name: 10065030.jpg
  Film Type: ESC BW                  Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in OV-103's payload bay
  Description:
  The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), is documented in the
  payload  bay (PLB) of the earth-orbiting Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV)
  103, on  flight day one of the STS-48 mission.  Visible in the center of
  the image on  UARS is the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) antenna dish with
  the Cryogenic Limb  Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) behind it.  Other
  UARS components are  obscured by the thermal blanket cover or are in stowed
  position.  This view  was taken using an electronic still camera (ESC) as
  part of Development Test  Objective (DTO) 648, Electronic Still
  Photography.  The digital image was  stored on a removable hard disk or
  small optical disk, and could be converted  to a format suitable for
  downlink transmission.               
  Subject terms:
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SATELLITES       
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-48                                  
  UPPER ATMOSPHERE                        
  

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