NASA Photo ID: STS048(E)017        File Name: 10065044.jpg
  Film Type: ESC BW                  Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 ESC closeup of UARS solar array unfolding during pre-deployment check
  Description:
  The partially deployed solar array (SA) of the Upper Atmosphere Research 
  Satellite (UARS) and the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm are documented 
  in this electronic still camera (ESC) image.  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.  At the top of the frames is UARS'
  solar  stellar pointing platform (SSPP). 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                             
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SOLAR ARRAYS                            
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-48                                  
  UPPER ATMOSPHERE                        
  

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