NASA Photo ID: STS049(E)043       File Name: 10065166.gif 
 
Film Type: 35mm BW                Date Taken: 05/16/92 
 
Title: STS-49 DTO 648 ESC image shows INTELSAT VI F-3 after onorbit repair/servicing 
 
Description: 
 
STS-49 crewmember captured this image of the International 
Telecommunications  Organization Satellite (INTELSAT) VI F-3 using the 
electronic still camera  (ESC) as part of Development Test Objective (DTO) 
648, Electronic Still  Photography Test (With Downlink), after onorbit 
repair in and release from  Endeavour's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105's, 
payload bay (PLB).  With new  vertical perigee stage in place, INTELSAT VI 
is on its way to an eventual  arrival at geosynchronous Earth orbit.  The 
Earth's surface creates the  backdrop for the INTELSAT VI deployment.  
Electronic still photography is a  new technology which provides the means 
for a handheld camera to  electronically capture and digitize an image with 
resolution approaching film  quality.