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Deployment of the RCA Satcom K-2 communications satellite
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Deployment of the RCA Satcom K-2 communications satellite

NASA / JSC · 1985-11-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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61B-38-36W (28 Nov 1985) --- The 4,144-pound RCA Satcom K-2 communications satellite is photographed as it spins from the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Atlantis. A TV camera at right records the deployment for a later playback to Earth. This frame was photographed with a handheld Hasselblad camera inside the spacecraft.

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ATLANTIS (ORBITER)COMMUNICATION SATELLITESDEPLOYMENTMEXICOSATELLITES ONBOARD ACTIVITIESPAYLOAD BAY
Credit lineDeployment of the RCA Satcom K-2 communications satellite. NASA/JSC, 1985-11-28. Public domain. ID: 61b-38-036w.
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