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PANSAT satellite deployment from STS-95 Discovery's payload bay
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STS095-E-5041 (30 Oct. 1998) --- PANSAT, a nonrecoverable satellite developed by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, is silhouetted against a sunglint effect on ocean waters below, following its deployment from the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery. The small ball-shaped payload is basically a tiny telecommunications satellite. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 1:49:33 GMT, Oct. 30.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit linePANSAT satellite deployment from STS-95 Discovery's payload bay. NASA/JSC, 1998-10-30. Public domain. ID: s95e5041.
