NASA Photo ID: STS048-05-024       File Name: 10065054.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    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) is in the grasp of the
  remote  manipulator system (RMS) end effector above the payload bay (PLB)
  of the  Earth-orbiting Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103 during STS-48 
  pre-deployment checkout procedures.  UARS solar array (SA) is in the
  process  of being deployed.  Visible on the UARS are (top to bottom): the
  high-gain  antenna (HGA); the Solar Stellar Pointing Platform (SSPP) (below
  HGA);  outrigger truss; the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) spectrometer
  (above SA);  the SA; RMS grapple fixture; the Particle Environment Monitor
  (PEM) Zenith  Energetic Particle System (ZEPS) (top next to second
  outrigger truss); the  PEM Nadir Energetic Particle System (NEPS)
  magnetometer (below ZEPS); an  outrigger truss and keel pin; and the
  Multimission Modular Spacecraft (MSS).            
  Subject terms:
  ANTENNAS                                
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  END EFFECTORS                           
  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SATELLITES       
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SOLAR ARRAYS                            
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-48                                  
  UPPER ATMOSPHERE                        
  

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