STS-44 Payload
Dedicated Department of Defense mission. Unclassified payload
included Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite and attached Inertial Upper Stage (IUS),
deployed on flight day one. Cargo bay and middeck payloads: Interim Operational Contamination
Monitor(IOCM); Terra Scout; Military Man in Space (M88-1); Air Force Maui Optical System
(AMOS); Cosmic Radiation Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM); Shuttle Activation Monitor
(SAM); Radiation Monitoring Equipment III (RME III); Visual Function Tester-1 (VFT-1);
Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI). Bioreactor Flow and Particle Trajectory experiment;
and Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project, a series of investigations in support of
Extended Duration Orbiter.
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