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View of the SPARTAN satellite during its release into orbit
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STS077-711-054 (21 May 1996) --- The Spartan 207 free flyer is held in the grasp of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS). As photographed through an overhead window on the Space Shuttle Endeavour?s aft flight deck, the satellite is backdropped against a heavily sunglinted horizon over the Middle East. The Spartan was re-captured by the six crew members on May 21, 1996 following a period of free-flight.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineView of the SPARTAN satellite during its release into orbit. NASA/JSC, 1996-05-20. Public domain. ID: sts077-711-054.
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