PANSAT satellite deployment from STS-95 Discovery's payload bay

STS095-E-5041 (30 Oct. 1998) --- PANSAT, a nonrecoverable satellite developed by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, is silhouetted against a sunglint effect on ocean waters below, following its deployment from the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery. The small ball-shaped payload is basically a tiny telecommunications satellite. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 1:49:33 GMT, Oct. 30.