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Article #6443Re: ground vs. flight
From: John Roberts
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 19:23
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 19:23
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-From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) -Subject: Re: ground vs. flight -Date: 24 Dec 92 06:05:43 GMT -In article <=hv29vp@rpi.edu> strider@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Greg Moore) writes: -... -> Also, given that the bottom of the shuttle is covered with ->tile, can the orbiter exert a Y+ (i.e. vertically up) translation? -There aren't any RCS nozzles on the orbiter's belly, but both the forward -and aft RCS systems have nozzles angled down so that they can (somewhat -inefficiently) thrust upward. I believe that capability was used extensively during the Intelsat capture this year. John Roberts roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: ground vs. flight Message-ID: <BzvsK1.LBv.1@cs.cmu.edu> Date: 26 Dec 92 19:23:45 GMT Article-I.D.: cs.BzvsK1.LBv.1 Sender: news+@cs.cmu.edu Distribution: sci Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology formerly National Bureau of Standards Lines: 19 Approved: bboard-news_gateway X-Added: Forwarded by Space Digest Original-Sender: isu@VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU