NASA Photo ID: STS048(E)016        File Name: 10065043.jpg
  Film Type: ESC BW                  Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 ESC closeup of UARS solar array (SA) and SA mechanism, pre-deploy
  Description:
  An extremely closeup view shows the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite 
  (UARS) solar array (SA) and SA mechanism prior to deploy of the satellite.  
  UARS, grappled by the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector (out of 
  frame), is undergoing STS-48 pre-deployment checkout above the payload bay 
  (PLB) of the earth-orbiting Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103.  OV-103's 
  vertical stabilizer can be seen in between the UARS hardware.  This view 
  demonstrates the capabilities of the Electronic Still Camera (ESC) to
  provide  high resolution views of hardware for review by ground
  controllers. This ESC  image was documented 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       
  MECHANISM                               
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  SOLAR ARRAYS                            
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STRAPS                                  
  STS-48                                  
  UPPER ATMOSPHERE                        
  

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