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- The SPAS (Shuttle Pallet Satellite) satellite was a reusable free-flying vehicle built by Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm.which could be deployed and then retrieved by the US Space Shuttle's Remote Manipulator System arm. The original SPAS, with materials processing and SDI-related sensor payloads, was used on several missions (STS-7, STS-11, STS-39). An experiment-carrying truss (USS) based on the original SPAS structure (but without the avionics and attitude control) was flown on the Spacelab D-1 and D-2 missions. The shuttle was launched on April 28, 1991 and landed May 6, 1991. Unclassified payload included the Infrared Background Signature Survey (IBSS) with Critical Ionization Velocity (CIV), Chemical Release Observation (CRO) and Shuttle Pallet Satellite-II (SPAS-II) experiments; and Space Test Payload-1 (STP-1). Classified payload consisted of Multi-Purpose Release Canister (MPEC). Also on board was Radiation Monitoring Equipment III (RME III) and Cloud Logic to Optimize Use of Defense Systems-1A (CLOUDS-1).
[Summary provided by NASA]
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: SPAS-II Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft Platform_Series_or_Entity: SPACE SHUTTLE Short_Name: SPAS-II Long_Name: Shuttle Pallet Satellite-II End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: ORFEUS II End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-01-25 Online_Resource: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/chron/sts-39.htm Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1991-04-28 Primary_Sponsor: NASA End_Group End_Group
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