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ACTS/TOS after release from Shuttle Discovery
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STS051-71-054 (12 Sept 1993) --- The Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) with its Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS) is backdropped over the blue ocean following its release from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery. ACTS/TOS deploy was the first major task performed on the almost ten-day mission. The frame was exposed with a 70mm handheld Hasselblad camera from Discovery's flight deck.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineACTS/TOS after release from Shuttle Discovery. NASA/JSC, 1993-09-12. Public domain. ID: sts051-71-054.
