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Ulysses spacecraftSolar-polar heliophysics probe/Mission concludedUlysses spacecraft launched at 818 pounds (371 kilograms) under European Space Agency and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Payload Assist Module-S official NASA archive view

Payload Assist Module-SSolid-propellant upper stage/Flown hardwarePayload Assist Module-S was a mission-specific, spin-stabilized solid upper stage developed to give the Ulysses solar-polar probe the final velocity increment it needed after the Inertial Upper Stage completed its burns.