STS-46 TSS-1

Autor:

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA-MSFC), Image-ID: MSFC-9311302

Credit:

http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=6hfku48kbmu8v?id=MSFC-9311302&orgid=11

Krótki link:

https://www.plwiki.pl/b/4447b

źródło:

Wikimedia Commons

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3000 x 2978 Pixel (6114449 Bytes)

Opis:

This Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo is a close-up view of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) in orbit above the Shuttle. A cooperative development effort by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and NASA, the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) made capable the deployment and retrieval of a satellite which is attached by a wire tether from distances up to 100 km from the Orbiter. These free-flying satellites are used as observation platforms outside of the Orbiter.

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Public domain