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STS 51G mission patch
Discovery lands at Edwards Air Force Base
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.