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Article #2747Re: Shuttle's rocket booster question
From: Bruce Dunn
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 17:21
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 17:21
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> Brian Stuart Thorn writes:
>
> I believe the RCS thrusters have also been used for very minor orbital
> maneuvering where the OMS engines would not be efficient. Specfically, the
> RCS thrusters were used to adjust the orbital parameters during all of the
> rendesvous missions, most recently the STS-49 Intelsat VI rescue flight.
I believe that the RCS thrusters also have the capability of
performing a de-orbit burn if the OMS system is non-functional.
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Bruce Dunn Vancouver, Canada Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca
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Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a752 From: Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) Subject: Re: Shuttle's rocket booster question Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 17:21:20 GMT Message-ID: <17270@mindlink.bc.ca> Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet) Lines: 14