Thirteen experiments have been selected for development for the multidisciplinary Spacelab 2 mission. They include three solar physics instruments and an atmospheric physics investigation mounted on the Instrument Pointing System (IPS), a two-axis gimballed X-ray experiment, an infrared telescope scanned about a single axis, and several fixed instruments. Integration of the IPS with its instruments and integration of the entire experiment complement into a flight mission has been a most demanding, complex task which has evolved as the Shuttle carrier vehicle, Spacelab, the IPS, and the experiments have matured. Mechanical interactions between all of these elements, thermal design restrictions, Shuttle and IPS operational constraints, mission duration, pointed instrument collision avoidance, and many other factors have impacted the scientific and engineering objectives of all of the experiments. Not all of the impacts have been adverse, however, and four types of joint science between previously unrelated experiments have so far been generated. This paper summarizes the current state of mission planning, particularly as it relates to the achievement of the scientific and engineering objectives of the pointed experiments. It discusses some of the compromises that have been made to satisfy the diverse requirements and capabilities of the hardware, the planning to date for joint solar observations from the IPS, and some system problems which remain.


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    Title :

    Spacelab 2 pointed experiments


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Seminar on Shuttle pointing of electro-optical experiments ; 1981 ; Los Angeles, CA


    Publication date :

    1981-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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