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Deployment of the TDRS by STS-6 Challenger
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STS006-40-685 (4 April 1983) --- This view of a tilted tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) and part of its inertial upper stage (IUS) was photographed during deployment of the TDRS/IUS tandem some 10 hours following launch of space shuttle Challenger. A 70mm camera was aimed by crew members through the aft windows of the Earth-orbiting Challenger to capture the scene. A tilt-table device was used to lift the TDRS to this position (almost 90 degrees different from its stowed position).
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineDeployment of the TDRS by STS-6 Challenger. NASA/JSC, 1983-04-04. Public domain. ID: s06-40-685.
