S35-604-056 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 telescopes documented in OV-102's payload bay (PLB)

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in onorbit configuration, are documented in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, and backdropped against the blue and white surface of the Earth. In the center of the frame are three ultraviolet telescopes mounted and precisely coaligned on a common structure, called the cruciform, that is attached to the instrument pointing system (IPS). Visible on the cruciform are the star tracker (S TRK) (silver cone at far left), the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), and the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) (at top right). In the foreground and located at the head of the unpressurized spacelab pallet (U-pallet) is the igloo, a pressurized cylindrical container that houses subsystems that provide such services as power, telemetry and commands to the instruments. Image 058 was selected by the Public Affairs Office (PAO) for public release.

Subject Terms: STS-35, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), ASTRO MISSIONS (STS), INSTRUMENT ORIENTATION, PAYLOAD BAY, POSITIONING, SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY, ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES, INSTRUMENT ORIENTATION

Date Taken: 12/10/1990 0:00

Categories: Payloads

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: INDIAN OCEAN

feat: PAN-ASTRO-1, MADAGASCAR

lat: -22

lon: -50

tilt: High Oblique

cldp: 30
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