NASA Photo ID: STS049(E)050        File Name: 10065167.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 05/16/92
  Title: STS-49 closeup of INTELSAT thruster taken by crew aboard OV-105 with ESC
  Description:
  This closeup picture of a thruster on the International Telecommunications 
  Organization Satelllite (INTELSAT) VI F-3 was taken with an electronic
  still  camera (ESC), and downlinked to ground controllers soon after the
  image  capture during STS-49.  Crewmembers onboard Endeavour, Orbiter
  Vehicle (OV)  105, conducted a photo survey of INTELSAT VI F-3 prior to its
  release.  The  ESC documentation is part of Development Test Objective
  (DTO) 648, Electronic  Still Photography Test (With Downlink).  Electronic
  still photography is a  relatively new technology which provides the means
  for a handheld camera to  electronically capture and digitize an image with
  resolution approaching film  quality.  DTO 648 was designed to determine
  camera response to the  photographic conditions on orbit using a variety of
  lenses and camera  settings.          
  
  Subject terms:
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
  ROCKET ENGINES                          
  STS-49                                  
  

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