NASA Photo ID: STS049(E)032        File Name: 10065164.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 05/16/92
  Title: STS-49 DTO 648 ESC image shows INTELSAT VI F-3 prior to retrieval/capture ops
  Description:
  STS-49 crewmember captured this image of the International
  Telecommunications  Organization Satellite (INTELSAT) VI F-3 using the
  electronic still camera  (ESC) as part of Development Test Objective (DTO)
  648, Electronic Still  Photography Test (With Downlink), during
  Endeavour's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV)  105's, proximity operations with the
  satellite.  STS-49 crewmembers were  surveying the satellite while
  considering the next step, following two  unsuccessful efforts to grapple
  INTELSAT.  Electronic still photography is a  new technology which provides
  the means for a handheld camera to  electronically capture and digitize an
  image with resolution approaching film  quality.            
  Subject terms:
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
  STS-49                                  
  

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