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STS028-151-1

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Identification

Mission: STS028 Roll: 151 Frame: 1 Mission ID on the Film or image: STS28
Country or Geographic Name: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Features: IRTYSH R, CONTRAIL
Center Point Latitude: 51.0 Center Point Longitude: 84.0 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Stereo: Yes (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area)
ONC Map ID: JNC Map ID:

Camera

Camera Tilt: 18
Camera Focal Length: 90mm
Camera: LH: Linhof
Film: QX868 : Kodak, natural color positive, Ektachrome QX868(5017 emulsion), ASA 64, thin base.

Quality

Film Exposure: Normal
Percentage of Cloud Cover: 40 (26-50)

Nadir

Date: 19890809 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 083819 (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: 50.7, Longitude: 83.2 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: East
Sun Azimuth: 227 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 163 nautical miles (302 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 47 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 14

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