NASA Photo ID: S71-39481           File Name: 10075679.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 06/30/71
Title: Artist's concept showing lunar subsatellite ejected into lunar orbit
Description:
An artist's concept showing TRW's small lunar subsatellite being ejected
into  lunar orbit from the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Service Module. The 80
pound  satellite will remain in orbit a year or more, carrying scientific 
experiments to study space in the vicinity of the Moon. The satellite
carries  three experiments: S-Band Transponder; Particle Shadows/Boundary
Layer  Experiment; and Subsatellite Magnetometer Experiment.                

Subject terms:
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
GRAPHIC ARTS                            
LUNAR ORBITS                            
SATELLITES                              
SERVICE MODULES                         
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  
VISUAL AIDS                             

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