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Space Shuttle Projects

This image of the free-flying SATCOM KU-2 satellite, still attached to a Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D), was photographed during STS-61B, the 23rd Space Shuttle mission. The SATCOM KU-2 is an RCA communication satellite and was launched on November 26, 1985, aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis. The PAM-D is an upper stage system used to deploy payloads to a required orbit unattainable by the launch vehicle.

Date
1985-11-01
Collection
MSFC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Space Shuttle Projects" (1985-11-01). NASA/MSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/9015889

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