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Centaur operations at the space station
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Holdridge, J. Thompson, W. Bennett, F. Porter, J. |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | A study was conducted on the feasibility of using a Centaur vehicle as a testbed to demonstrate critical OTV technologies at the Space Station. Two Technology Demonstration Missions (TDMs) were identified: (1) Accommodations, and (2) Operations. The Accommodations TDM contained: (1) berthing, (2) checkout, maintenance and safing, and (3) payload integration missions. The Operations TDM contained: (1) a cryogenic propellant resupply mission, and (2) Centaur deployment activities. A modified Space Station Co-Orbiting Platform (COP) was selected as the optimum refueling and launch node due to safety and operational considerations. After completion of the TDMs, the fueled Centaur would carry out a mission to actually test deployment and help offset TDM costs. From the Station, the Centaur could carry a single payload in excess of 20,000 pounds to geosynchronous orbit or multiple payloads. |
| File Size | 4521365 |
| Page Count | 170 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19880016089 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2m66d927 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-02-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Orbit Transfer Vehicles Centaur Launch Vehicle Orbital Launching Technology Assessment Feasibility Analysis Geosynchronous Orbits Space Stations Synchronous Platforms Payloads Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
