61B-44-054E - STS-61B - RCA SATCOM K-2 communications satellite after deployment from Atlantis

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: Photographic documentation showing the RCA SATCOM K-2 communication satellite after deployment from the payload bay of the orbiter Atlantis during STS-61B.

Subject Terms: SATELLITES, COMMUNICATION SATELLITES, SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 61-B, ATLANTIS (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 6/6/2000

Categories: Payloads

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO

feat: RANGIROA

lat: -15

lon: -147.5

tilt: 35

cldp: 70

nlat: -13

nlon: -148.6

dir: SE

azi: 116

alt: 197

elev: 68
STS-61B