Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine 96/Q - Lunar orbit, LM rendezvous.  Apollo 15 particles and fields subsatellite.<br>This photo was used in figure 3-54 of the <i>Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report</i> (NASA SP-289, 1972), which has the following caption:<br>The Apollo 15 subsatellite. Before transearth injection, the CSM launched a subsatellite containing three experiments: the S-band transponder, the particle shadow/boundary layer experiment, and a magnetometer. Still photographs such as this were used to document the condition of the subsatellite surfaces and deployment of the booms. The DAC photographs recorded the spin rate and wobble of the spinning subsatellite.
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