The European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA-1L), grappled by the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) and effector, is positioned over the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, prior to deployment. EURECA-1L's solar arrays are being deployed. Below EURECA-1L, in the payload bay, is the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) with the TSS-1 satellite stowed in the satellite support assembly (SSA) mounted on an unpressurized spacelab (SL) pallet. The vertical tail and the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods are visible. The entire surface is backdropped by a land mass and ocean on the Earth's surface below. Frame 021 was selected by the Public Affairs Office for release.
