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Deployment of the SBS-4 communications satellite
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Deployment of the SBS-4 communications satellite

NASA / JSC · 1984-08-30 · photograph (digital archive)

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41D-36-034 (30 Aug 1984) --- Less than nine hours after the first launch of the Discovery, its astronaut crewmembers photographed deployment of the SBS-4 communications satellite. The cylindrical spacecraft spins and rises from its cradle-like protective shield to begin life in space. A number of maneuvers will place it in its desired orbit. A 70mm camera, aimed through the spacecraft’s aft flight deck windows, was used to expose the frame.

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COMMUNICATION SATELLITESDEPLOYMENTDISCOVERY (ORBITER)PAYLOAD BAYONBOARD ACTIVITIESPAYLOAD ASSIST MODULESPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS
Credit lineDeployment of the SBS-4 communications satellite. NASA/JSC, 1984-08-30. Public domain. ID: 41d-36-0034.
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