Image: STS-61-B SATCOM Ku-2 deployment

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Description: Deployment of the Satcom Ku-2 satellite on STS-61-B. The 4,144 pound RCA Satcom K-2 communications satellite is deployed from the cargo bay of the Shuttle Atlantis during the STS 61-B mission. The closed cradle of the Morelos communications satellite is seen just below it. In this photograph the SATCOM KU-2 satellite attached to a Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D) is being released from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis during STS-61B, the 23rd Shuttle Mission. The PAM-D is an upper stage system used to deploy payloads to a required orbit unattainable by the spacecraft. SATCOM KU-2 is an RCA communication satellite and was launched on November 26, 1985.
Title: STS-61-B SATCOM Ku-2 deployment
Credit: https://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2364 http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption.jsp?&photoId=STS61B-38-036W
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