NASA Photo ID: STS048(E)013       File Name: 10065040.gif 
 
Film Type: ESC monochrome         Date Taken: 09/18/91 
 
Title: STS-48 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in OV-103's payload bay 
 
Description: 
 
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), is documented in the 
payload  bay (PLB) of the earth-orbiting Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 
103. UARS is  scheduled for deploy on flight day three of the STS-48 
mission.  UARS  components visible in this image include (front to back): 
the Solar Stellar  Pointing Platform (SSPP) (at bottom); the stowed 
high-gain antenna (HGA)  (right); Particle Environment Monitor (PEM) (cone 
at upper left); the  Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) antenna dish (center); 
and the Cryogenic Limb  Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) (center back).  
The stowed remote  manipulator system (RMS) arm is seen along the port side 
sill longeron.  The  vertical tail and the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) 
pods appear in the  background against the blackness of space.  This view 
was taken using an  electronic still camera (ESC) as part of Development 
Test Objective (DTO)  648, Electronic Still Photography.  The digital image 
was stored on a  removable hard disk or small optical disk, and could be 
converted to a format  suitable for downlink transmission.