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Topic: STS-116 Payload Question
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Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-10-2006 04:18 PM
   
Does anyone here know what the total payload weight Discovery is carrying on STS-116?
Thank you.
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Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 12-10-2006 04:52 PM
According to the STS-116 Press Kit, total payload weight was 265,466 pounds.  ------------------
John Macco
Vice President
Space Unit
Shady Side, Md. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-10-2006 05:03 PM
John...that can't be right.
STS-93 has the record for heaviest payload at a little over 50,000 lbs.
That figure must be the payload and orbiter combined.
Thank you.
[Edited by Tom (December 10, 2006).] |
Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 12-10-2006 05:16 PM
Tom- You are absolutely correct. ------------------
John Macco
Vice President
Space Unit
Shady Side, Md. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-10-2006 05:24 PM
STS-116 carries 4,493 kilograms (9,905 pounds) of cargo including the 1,864 kg (4109 lb) P5 truss, 2,267 kg (4998 lb) of internal payload and 362 kg (798 lb) of external hardware (not including the truss).STS-116 is expected to return 1,195 kg (2635 lb) of payload to Earth after the 12-day mission. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-10-2006 05:54 PM
Thank you. |
michaelSN99
Member Posts: 153
From: heilbronn,germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 12-12-2006 11:31 AM
great information robert !would be nice if you also could tell us about the exact size measurements of the p5-truss (lenght/height/etc...) thank you very much ------------------
michael may
ISS information page + chronology of manned space flight |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-12-2006 11:42 AM
Length is 132.813 inches or 11 feet and 0.813 inches (3.37 meters) Width is 179.014 inches or 14 feet, 11 inches (4.55 meters) Height is 167.031 inches or 13 feet and 11 inches (4.24 meters) Weight: 4,110 lbs or 2 tons (1,864.26 kg) Cost $10,972,000 |
michaelSN99
Member Posts: 153
From: heilbronn,germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 12-13-2006 11:58 AM
thank you very much robert !!! ------------------
michael may
ISS information page + chronology of manned space flight |
thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 12-13-2006 12:48 PM
I have a question re: the # of punds earlier mentioned, the 265,466 pounds can't be the orbiter and payload, can it? I may be mistaken, but weights given prior to launch of STS-115, were @ 950,000 pounds of Atlantis and her payload, with total shuttle weight at launch of @ 4.5 million pounds. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-13-2006 01:34 PM
For STS-116:Shuttle Liftoff Weight: 4,521,350 pounds
Orbiter/Payload Liftoff Weight: 265,466 pounds
Orbiter/Payload Landing Weight: 225,350 pounds For STS-115: Shuttle Liftoff Weight: 4,525,808 pounds
Orbiter/Payload Liftoff Weight: 269,840 pounds
Orbiter/Payload Landing Weight: 199,679 pounds |
thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 12-13-2006 02:19 PM
Thanks Robert!
Now, does anyone know where the @ 900,000 pounds # that I heard somewhere from NASA came from. I thought I had heard that was a weigh-in that was done before mounting the orbiter with the SRB's and ET? Also, with the #'s that Robert gave, does that mean that the SRB's, ET and fuel total over 4,000,000 pounds? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-13-2006 02:37 PM
Per Wikipedia:An empty External Tank weighs 58,500 lb (26,559 kg); fueled: 1.680 million lb (762,136 kg) Each SRB weighs approximately 1,300,000 pounds (590,000 kg) at launch. The inert weight of each SRB is approximately 192,000 pounds (87,000 kg). |
thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 12-13-2006 02:39 PM
Once again Robert, Thanks!Jim |
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