IMAGE 1100_99\173.Lbm,Atop its IUS booster, TDRS 5 leaves Atlantis's payload bay just six hours after reaching orbit. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\174.Lbm,Backdropped by bubbling clouds, TDRS 5 waits to be boosted to geostationary orbit at 174 west longitude. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1900_99\974.Lbm,A TDRS communications satellite in place inside the payload canister before this is installed in a shuttle orbiter. Another comsat is in position in its protective cradle.