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Australia's AUSSAT satellite deployed from payload bay
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Australia's AUSSAT satellite deployed from payload bay

NASA / JSC · 1985-08-27 · photograph (digital archive)

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51I-32-023 (27 Aug. 1985) --- Australia's AUSSAT communications satellite is deployed from the payload bay of the space shuttle Discovery on flight day one. A portion of the cloudy surface of Earth can be seen to the left of the frame.

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AUSTRALIACOMMUNICATION SATELLITESDEPLOYMENTDISCOVERY (ORBITER)ONBOARD ACTIVITIESPAYLOAD BAYSATELLITESSPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-I
Credit lineAustralia's AUSSAT satellite deployed from payload bay. NASA/JSC, 1985-08-27. Public domain. ID: 51I-32-023.
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