NASA Photo ID: STS048(E)020        File Name: 10065047.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 solar array (SA) of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), 
  almost completely deployed, is backdropped against the cloud-covered
  surface  of the Earth.  During STS-48 pre-deployment checkout, UARS is held
  above the  payload bay (PLB) of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, by the
  remote  manipulator system (RMS) end effector (out of frame).  The RMS
  upper arm  boom, elbow pitch joint, elbow closed circuit television (CCTV)
  pan/tilt  unit, and lower arm boom are silhouetted against the SA. UARS
  components  visible in this image include (top to bottom): the high-gain
  antenna (HGA);  the Solar Stellar Pointing Platform (SSPP); a keel (pin)
  trunnion; the  Particle Environment Monitor (PEM) Nadir Energetic Particle
  System (NEPS)  magnetometer; a keel (pin) trunnion; and the Multimission
  Modular Spacecraft  (MSS). 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                                
  CAMERAS                                 
  CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION               
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SATELLITES       
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SOLAR ARRAYS                            
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-48                                  
  UPPER ATMOSPHERE                        
  

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