NASA Photo ID: STS049(E)043        File Name: 10065166.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 05/16/92
  Title: STS-49 DTO 648 ESC image shows INTELSAT VI F-3 after onorbit repair/servicing
  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), after onorbit
  repair in and release from  Endeavour's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105's,
  payload bay (PLB).  With new  vertical perigee stage in place, INTELSAT VI
  is on its way to an eventual  arrival at geosynchronous Earth orbit.  The
  Earth's surface creates the  backdrop for the INTELSAT VI deployment. 
  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:
  BOOSTER ROCKET ENGINES                  
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  STS-49                                  
  

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