iss061e147761 (1/31/2020) --- A view from the Unity module aboard the International Space Station (ISS) of the Northrop Grumman NG-12 hatch. Attached to the hatch is the SlingShot small satellite deployer loaded with eight CubeSats that were deployed into Earth orbit for communications and atmospheric research several hours after Cygnus departed the orbiting lab on Jan. 31, 2019. The deployed CubeSats include: SEOPS-CIRiS, SEOPS-EDGECUBE, SEOPS-MakerSat, SEOPS-MiniCarb, SEOPS-ORCA, SEOPS-Quantum Radar, SEOPS-UbiquitiLink and SEOPS-VPM.

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