Space Shuttle Projects
In this photograph the SYNCOM IV-3, also known as LEASAT 3, satellite moves away from the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery. SYNCOM (Hughes Geosynchronous Communication Satellite) provides communication services from geosynchronous orbit, principally to the U.S. Government. The satellite was launched on April 12, 1985, aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery.
- Date
- 1985-04-01
- Collection
- MSFC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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