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DOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay
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DOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay

NASA / JSC · 2006-12-21 · photograph (digital archive)

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S116-E-07838 (21 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, a Department of Defense pico-satellite known as Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (ANDE) is released from the shuttle's payload bay by STS-116 crewmembers. ANDE consists of two micro-satellites which will measure the density and composition of the low Earth orbit (LEO) atmosphere while being tracked from the ground.

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Credit lineDOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay. NASA/JSC, 2006-12-21. Public domain. ID: s116e07838.

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