During the 113 missions of the Space Transportation System (STS), the Space Shuffle fleet has been exposed to the elements on the launch pad for a total of 4195 days. The Natural Environments Branch at Marshall Space Flight Center archives atmospheric environments to which the Space Shuttle vehicles are exposed. This paper provides a summary of the historical record of the meteorological conditions encountered by the Space Shuttle fleet during the pad exposure period. Sources of the surface parameters, including temperature, dew point temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, sea level pressure and precipitation are presented. Data is provided from the first launch of the STS in 1981 through the launch of STS-107 in 2003.


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    Title :

    Summary of Meteorological Parameters During Space Shuttle Pad Exposure Periods


    Contributors:
    G. Overbey (author) / B. C. Roberts (author)

    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






    A Summary of Meteorological Parameters During Space Shuttle Pad Exposure Periods

    Overbey, B. G. / Roberts, B. C. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2005