An input to a study conducted to define a set of carrier avionics for supporting large structures experiments attached to the Space Shuttle Orbiter is reported. The 'baseline' Orbiter interface used in developing the avionics concept for the Space Technology Experiments Platform, STEP, which Langley Research Center has proposed for supporting experiments of this sort is defined. Primarily, flight operations capabilities and considerations and the avionics systems capabilities that are available to a payload as a 'mixed cargo' user of the Space Transportation System are addressed. Ground operations for payload integration at Kennedy Space Center, and ground operations for payload support during the mission are also discussed.
Definition of STS Accommodations for Attached Payloads
1983
125 pages
Report
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English
A Definition of STS Accommodations for Attached Payloads
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|Manifest - Payloads and accommodations
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