The Space Shuttle's unique design features include multiple re-uses of its major elements, large cargo carrying capacity, and the capability of deploying, servicing, and retrieving a variety of payloads. These design features, i.e., reusability and cargo flexibility, were incorporated to satisfy the objective of providing a transportation system which will lower the cost of delivering a variety of payloads to the earth orbit. The Space Shuttle System consists of a reusable manned Orbiter containing three main engines, two reusable Solid Rocket Boosters, and an expendable External Tank containing propellant for the Orbiter main engines. On a typical Space Shuttle mission, the Orbiter will remain in orbit for up to 7 days conducting on-orbit observations and operations, return to earth with personnel and payload, land horizontally on a runway, and be readied for another flight in as few as 14 days. Another mission class includes deploying, servicing, and recovering satellites.


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    Title :

    Space Shuttle Program - An overview


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Communications Satellite Systems Conference ; 1976 ; Montreal, Canada


    Publication date :

    1976-04-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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