NASA Photo ID: STS048(E)019        File Name: 10065046.jpg
  Film Type: ESC BW                  Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) grappled by OV-103's RMS
  Description:
  The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), held by Discovery's,
  Orbiter  Vehicle (OV) 103's, remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector,
  hovers  aloft prior to its release from the spacecraft.  The solar array
  (SA) is  partially deployed as UARS undergoes STS-48 pre-deployment
  checkout.  UARS  components visible in this image include (left to right):
  the Solar Stellar  Pointing Platform (SSPP) (at bottom); the stowed
  high-gain antenna (HGA)  (above SSPP); the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)
  spectrometer; the Cryogenic  Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) (top,
  above RMS end effector); the  Particle Environment Monitor (PEM) Zenith
  Energetic Particle System (ZEPS)  (next to outrigger truss); and PEM Nadir
  Energetic Particle System (NEPS)  magnetometer (bottom right).  The
  cloud-covered surface of the Earth is  visible below the satellite.  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:
  ANTENNAS                                
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SATELLITES       
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SOLAR ARRAYS                            
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-48                                  
  UPPER ATMOSPHERE                        
  

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