The use of the space shuttle for the Earth Resources Program is discussed. Several problems with respect to payload selection, integration, and mission planning were studied. Each of four shuttle roles in the sortie mode were examined and projected into an integrated shuttle program. Several representative Earth Resources missions were designed which would use the shuttle sortie as a platform and collectively include the four shuttle roles. An integrated flight program based on these missions was then developed for the first two years of shuttle flights. A set of broad implications concerning the uses of the shuttle for Earth Resources studies resulted.


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    Title :

    TERSSE. Definition of the Total Earth Resources System for the Shuttle Era. Volume 9: Earth Resources Shuttle Applications


    Contributors:
    U. Alverado (author)

    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    170 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English