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Hubble Space Telescope (HST) high gain antenna (HGA) deployment during STS-31

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Hubble Space Telescope (HST) high gain antenna (HGA) deployment during STS-31

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Held in appendage deploy position, the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) high gain antenna (HGA) has been released from its stowed position along the Support System Module (SSM) forward shell. The STS-31 crew aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) oversees the automatic HGA deployment prior to releasing HST. HST HGA is backdropped against the blackness of space.

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25/04/1990
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NASA
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