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  2. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    The payload bay comprised most of the orbiter vehicle's fuselage, and provided the cargo-carrying space for the Space Shuttle's payloads. It was 18 m (60 ft) long and 4.6 m (15 ft) wide, and could accommodate cylindrical payloads up to 4.6 m (15 ft) in diameter.

  3. Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia

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    Early estimates for the cost to deliver payload to low-Earth orbit were as low as $118 per pound ($260/kg) of payload ($635/lb or $1,400/kg in 2011 dollars), based on marginal or incremental launch costs, and assuming a 65,000 pound (30 000 kg) payload capacity and 50 launches per year.

  4. Comparison of space station cargo vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Pressurized / Unpressurized payload capacity Spacecraft Origin Manufacturer Launch vehicle Length (m) ... Sierra Space: Vulcan Centaur: 16.8 [17] 5,000 / 500 [18]

  5. Space Shuttle orbiter - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Payload fraction - Wikipedia

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    The payload fraction is the quotient of the payload mass and the total vehicle mass at the start of its journey. ... Space Shuttle: 2,030,000 kg 27,500 kg 73.8 1.35% ...

  7. Super heavy-lift launch vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The UR-700M would have a payload capacity of 750 t (1,650,000 lb). [59] The only Universal Rocket to make it past the design phase was the UR-500 while the N1 was selected to be the Soviets' HLV for lunar and Martian missions. [60] The UR-900, proposed in 1969, would have had a payload capacity of 240 t (530,000 lb) to low earth orbit. It never ...

  8. Space Shuttle design process - Wikipedia

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    The combined space station and Air Force payload requirements were not sufficient to reach desired shuttle launch rates. Therefore, the plan was for all future U.S. space launches—space stations, Air Force, commercial satellites, and scientific research—to use only the Space Shuttle.

  9. Studied Space Shuttle designs - Wikipedia

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    The external tank and Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) would be combined with a cargo module that took the place of the shuttle orbiter and included the Space Shuttle Main Engines. A ballistic return pod would be used as the main engine structure and carry 2-4 SSMEs as well as mount the payload/booster stage. It would be recovered via ...