A small-payload utility-vehicle (UV) configuration for the Space Shuttle is proposed and illustrated with drawings, diagrams, and graphs, and tables. The primary modification to the Shuttle involves removal of the solid-rocket boosters and addition of three Shuttle main engines to the external tank, resulting in an overall weight reduction from about 4.53 to 2.07 Mlbs and a per-flight cost savings of 16 percent. For current Shuttle parameters, such a UV could carry up to 2 klbs of payload in the forebody mid-deck, the entire payload bay being occupied by fuel tanks with capacity 180 klbs; with advanced-technology weight reductions of 15 percent in Orbiter subsystem dry weights (including structures), the UV could carry up to 17 klbs of payload using only 125 klbs of internally loaded propellants, allowing a 15-ft cargo space.


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    Titel :

    A shuttle derived utility vehicle for delivery of small payloads to orbit


    Beteiligte:
    Macconochie, I. O. (Autor:in) / Martin, J. A. (Autor:in) / Hischke, E. R. (Autor:in) / Brien, E. P. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1984-12-01



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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