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S83-35764 (19 June 1983) --- The Indonesian Palapa B communications satellite is just about to clear the vertical...
Arabsat communications satellite deploying from Discovery's payload bay. Cloudy Earth's surface can be seen to the...
Telstar 3-D communications satellite deploying from Discovery's payload bay. Cloudy Earth's surface can be seen to...
61B-38-36W (28 Nov 1985) --- The 4,144-pound RCA Satcom K-2 communications satellite is photographed as it spins...
41D-39-068 (1 Sept 1984) --- Quickly moving away from the Space Shuttle Discovery is the Telstar 3 communications...
41D-36-034 (30 Aug 1984) --- Less than nine hours after the first launch of the Discovery, its astronaut crewmembers...
This vehicle served as a mobile terminal for the Communications Technology Satellite. The Communications Technology...
61B-39-031 (27 Nov 1985) --- Deployment of Morelos-B satellite, the second in a series of communications satellites...
41D-37-050 (1 Sept 1984) --- Telstar, the third of three satellites to be placed into space via the Earth-orbiting...
Artist concept shows the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite E (TDRS-E) augmenting a sophisticated TDRS system (TDRSS)...
51I-32-059 (27 August 1985) --- The American Satellite Company (ASC) communications satellite rises from the cargo...
61B-44-054E (28 Nov 1985) --- The 4,1444 pound RCA Satcom K-2 communications satellite is photographed with a 70mm...
51I-32-023 (27 Aug. 1985) --- Australia's AUSSAT communications satellite is deployed from the payload bay of the...
51I-44-081 (1 Sept 1985) --- Astronaut James D. van Hoften on the Discovery's remote manipulator system (RMS) arm...
STS007-18-770 (18-24 June 1983) --- Telesat-F communications satellite is just about to clear the vertical...
A failure of key infrastructure like a dam or bridge can have disastrous consequences, but organizations around the...
A new class of astronaut candidates, highlighting the next era of space communications, and a new x-ray satellite...
51I-41-086 (1 September 1985) --- Astronaut James D. van Hoften, mission specialist, flexes his muscles in...
The Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, will study the dynamic zone high in our atmosphere where Earth weather...
In this photograph the SYNCOM IV-3, also known as LEASAT 3, satellite moves away from the Space Shuttle Orbiter...
Communications Satellite Station with Hoarfrost on Trees
ADVANCED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE - ACTS - VISITOR CENTER
The crew assigned to the STS-51I mission included (front row left to right) Joe H. Engle, commander; and Richard O....
The TELESAT-1, also known as ANIK C-1, satellite is being released from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter...