Title: The Space Shuttle System description, operations, and payload capabilities
Abstract: General characteristics of the Space Shuttle System are presented with overall capabilities and operating characteristics detailed. Mission operations and performance baselines are presented. The relationships between orbital parameters and payload capabilities are highlighted. On-orbit scientific and applications operating modes are briefly reviewed and methods of achieving a versatile payloads program using standard payload carriers are discussed.
Publication Year: 1973
Publication Date: 1973-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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