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Article #2771Re: Shuttle's rocket booster question
From: Rich Kolker
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:17
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:17
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In article <4021@phred.UUCP> petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis) writes:
>In article <17270@mindlink.bc.ca> Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) writes:
>>
>> I believe that the RCS thrusters also have the capability of
>>performing a de-orbit burn if the OMS system is non-functional.
>>
>This is true. The aft RCS thrusters can be used for de-orbit burn. Just
>takes several minutes, 3.5 times longer than an OMS burn, to do it. OMS
>fuel can also be cross-fed to the RCS thrusters.
>
>Peter Jarvis.........
OMS fuel can be crossfed to the aft RCS thrusters. The forward RCS
are on their own.
.
++rich
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Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!nuchat!rkolker From: rkolker@nuchat.sccsi.com (Rich Kolker) Subject: Re: Shuttle's rocket booster question Message-ID: <1992Nov12.001722.11060@nuchat.sccsi.com> Organization: South Coast Computing Services, Inc. References: <17270@mindlink.bc.ca> <4021@phred.UUCP> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:17:22 GMT Lines: 20