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Space Shuttle Projects

NASA / MSFC · 1985-04-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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The TELESAT-1, also known as ANIK C-1, satellite is being released from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery during STS-51D, the 16th Shuttle mission. TELESAT-1 is a communication satellite built for Telesat Canada to provide voice and TV coverage of the Earth stations to trans-Canada network. Also shows in this photograph is an anterna for SYNCOM IV-3, also known as LEASAT-3, folded in a stowage.

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STS-51DTELESATANIK CCanadaSYNCOMLEASATDiscovery
Credit lineSpace Shuttle Projects. NASA/MSFC, 1985-04-01. Public domain. ID: 8554678.
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