National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Spartan 1 Gallery

Space Shuttle Discovery (STS 51G)

Launch of the space shuttle Discovery (STS 51G), carrying the Spartan 1 satellite

STS 51G mission patch

Discovery lands at Edwards Air Force Base

Spartan 1

Spartan 1 in the Discovery cargo bay

Spartan 1 on the Discovery manipulator arm

Spartan 1 orbiting the Earth

The Spartan 1 carrier, supporting high-energy astrophysics, provides a structure with an optical bnench to accommodate a variety of rectangular array detectors. It is designed to point stellar objects.

Diagram of the Spartan 1 carrier.