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On September 19, 2024, S34's nosecone was rolled into the High bay ahead of integration with the payload bay. [198] The combined assembly was then rolled into the Starfactory, [199] and from there into Mega Bay 2. [200] S35's payload bay was rolled into the High Bay ahead of stacking with its nosecone. [201] This assembly was then rolled into ...
The satellite designs also required that the Space Shuttle have a 4.6 by 18 m (15 by 60 ft) payload bay. NASA evaluated the F-1 and J-2 engines from the Saturn rockets , and determined that they were insufficient for the requirements of the Space Shuttle; in July 1971, it issued a contract to Rocketdyne to begin development on the RS-25 engine.
English: A diagram showing the payload bay configuration for STS-107, the twenty-eighth and final flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102). In view (from left to right) are the SPACEHAB access tunnel, the SPACEHAB Research Double Module, the FREESTAR and OARE experiments (mounted to a Hitchhiker Multipurpose Equipment Support Structure), and the Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) pallet.
The most massive payload launched by the Space Shuttle was the Chandra X-ray Observatory in 1999 at 50,162 lb (22,753 kg), including its Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) and support equipment. [40] The Shuttle was capable of returning approximately 16,000 kg (35,000 lb) of cargo to Earth.
A related concept was servicing the space station using the Air Force Titan III-M to launch a larger Gemini capsule, called "Big Gemini", or a smaller "glider" version of the shuttle with no main engines and a 15 ft × 30 ft (4.6 m × 9.1 m) payload bay.
Agena and the Space Shuttle (1972 study) In the early 1970s Lockheed studied the use of Agena as a payload booster in the Space Shuttle payload bay. An Agena-C with an increased diameter was proposed, but never built. The Agena-2000 was intended as a modernized Agena, and would have been used on the Atlas V Light Evolved Expendable Launch ...
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [ 1 ]
A Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is a large pressurized container that was used on Space Shuttle missions to transfer cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Two MPLMs made a dozen trips in the Shuttle cargo bay and initially berthed to the Unity and later the Harmony module on the ISS. Once attached, supplies were ...