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IAE - Inflatable Antenna Experiment

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Photographic documentation of the Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE) deployment and inflation includes: Views of the SPARTAN satellite in orbit prior to inflation (001-8), inflation sequence begins (009-32), fully inflated IAE over the earth showing the antenna canopy side of the IAE (033-59), edge-on view (060-2), and the antenna reflector side of the IAE (063-140). A camera malfunction caused view 141-63 to overlap one another. Views 042-4 were taken over the Grand Canyon, 058 is over the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, 094 is over St. Louis, Missouri, 118-9 were taken over the Appalachians and views 126-8 were taken over the Norfolk area.
NASA Identifier: STS077-150-044

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