J-SSOD-6 Deployment
iss050e031207 (1/6/2017) --- A view during the Japanese-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer-6 (J-SSOD-6) deployment of the following satellites: Freedom (1U), Waseda-SAT3, ITF-2 (1U), Egg (3U), AOBA-Velox-III (U), TuPOD (3U). J-SSOD is a unique satellite launcher, handled by the Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS), which provides containment and deployment mechanisms for several individual small satellites. Once the J-SSOD including satellite install cases with small satellites are installed on the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP) by crewmembers, it is passed through the JEM airlock for retrieval, positioning and deployment by the JEMRMS.
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NASA ID
iss050e031207
Date Created
January 16, 2017
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JSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
Peggy Whitson
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