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STS-44 DSP satellite and IUS during preflight processing at Cape Canaveral
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STS-44 DSP satellite and IUS during preflight processing at Cape Canaveral

NASA / JSC · 1991-10-19 · photograph (digital archive)

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S91-50773 (19 Oct 1991) --- At a processing facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite is being transferred into the payload canister transporter for shipment to Launch Pad 39A at KSC. The DSP will be deployed during Space Shuttle Mission STS-44 later this year. It is a surveillance satellite, developed for the Department of Defense, which can detect missile and space launches, as well as nuclear detonations.

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Credit lineSTS-44 DSP satellite and IUS during preflight processing at Cape Canaveral. NASA/JSC, 1991-10-19. Public domain. ID: s91-50773.
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