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{{Infobox Space station | {{Infobox Space station | ||
| − | | station = External Tank | + | | station = External Tank Laboratory |
| station_image = BravoStation.jpg | | station_image = BravoStation.jpg | ||
| station_image_alt = A planform view of the ISS backdropped by the limb of the Earth. In view are the station's four large, gold-coloured solar array wings, two on either side of the station, mounted to a central truss structure. Further along the truss are six large, white radiators, three next to each pair of arrays. In between the solar arrays and radiators is a cluster of pressurised modules arranged in an elongated T shape, also attached to the truss. A set of blue solar arrays are mounted to the module at the aft end of the cluster. | | station_image_alt = A planform view of the ISS backdropped by the limb of the Earth. In view are the station's four large, gold-coloured solar array wings, two on either side of the station, mounted to a central truss structure. Further along the truss are six large, white radiators, three next to each pair of arrays. In between the solar arrays and radiators is a cluster of pressurised modules arranged in an elongated T shape, also attached to the truss. A set of blue solar arrays are mounted to the module at the aft end of the cluster. | ||
Revision as of 23:54, 6 November 2010
| File:BravoStation.jpg | ||
| The External Tank Laboratory as seen from Space Shuttle Liberty on 17 May 2010 during STS-12W. | ||
| Station statistics | ||
|---|---|---|
| NSSDC ID: | 2010-099A | |
| Call sign: | Bravo | |
| Crew: | 6 | |
| Launch: | 2010-2011 | |
| Launch pad: | MPLC LC-1, KSC LC-39 | |
| Mass: | TBD | |
| Length: | 73 m (240 ft) from PMA-1 to External Tank Laboratory | |
| Width: | 108.5 m (356 ft) along truss, arrays extended | |
| Height: | c. 20 m (c. 66 ft) nadir–zenith, arrays forward–aft | |
| Pressurised volume: | c. TBD | |
| Atmospheric pressure: | TBD | |
| Perigee: | 336 km altitude (220 nmi) | |
| Apogee: | 346 km altitude (230 nmi) | |
| Orbit inclination: | 51.64 degrees | |
| Average speed: | 7,706.6 m/s (27,743.8 km/h, 17,239.2 mph) | |
| Orbital period: | c. 93 minutes | |
| Days in orbit: | 5688 (5 December) | |
| Days occupied: | 5688 (5 December) | |
| Number of orbits: | c. (5 December) | |
| Orbital decay: | 2 km/month | |
| Statistics as of 27 November 2009 (unless noted otherwise) | ||
