NASA Photo ID: STS61B-38-036W      File Name: 10062577.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 11/28/85
  Title: Deployment of the RCA Satcom K-2 communications satellite
  Description:
  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.                    
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  COMMUNICATION SATELLITES                
  DEPLOYMENT                              
  MEXICO                                  
  ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  SATELLITES                              
  SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 61-B              
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS
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