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S05-41-1315 - STS-005 - Deployment of Telesat Canada's ANIK C-3 satellite

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S05-41-1315 - STS-005 - Deployment of Telesat Canada's ANIK C-3 satellite

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Description: The Telesat Canada's ANIK C-3 satellite is deployed from its protective cradle in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Columbia in this sequence of photographs. Part of Columbia's wings can be seen on both the port and starboard side. Part of both orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods are seen at center. The deployment of the satellite is then captured, frame by frame, as it lifts off from the payload bay.

Subject Terms: COMMUNICATION SATELLITES, PAYLOAD BAY, SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS, DEPLOYMENT, FIRING (IGNITING), ORBIT MANEUVERING ENGINE (SPACE SHUTTLE), STS-5, COLUMBIA (ORBITER)

Categories: Payloads

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: CARGO BAY, ANIK DEPLOY
STS-5

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Date

1981 - 1989
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The U.S. National Archives
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