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SPARTAN-201 satellite begins separation from Shuttle Discovery
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STS064-111-041 (12 Sept. 1994) ---- Backdropped against New England's coast, the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-201) satellite begins its separation from the space shuttle Discovery. The free-flying spacecraft, 130 nautical miles above Cape Cod at frame center, remained some 40 miles away from Discovery until the crew retrieved it two days later.
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Credit lineSPARTAN-201 satellite begins separation from Shuttle Discovery. NASA/JSC, 1994-09-12. Public domain. ID: sts064-111-041.
