Image: Apollo 15 Subsatellite

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Description: An artist's concept showing TRW's small lunar subsatellite being ejected into lunar orbit from the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 Service Module. The 80 pound satellite will remain in orbit a year or more, carrying scientific experiments to study space in the vicinity of the Moon. The satellite carries three experiments: S-Band Transponder; Particle Shadows/Boundary Layer Experiment; and Subsatellite Magnetometer Experiment.
Title: Apollo 15 Subsatellite
Credit: http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=1qs0kulic60ui?id=S71-39481&orgid=8
Author: NASA Johnson Space Center
Permission: NASA photo
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