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- From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: Shuttle's rocket booster question
- Message-ID: <69061@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 14:34:03 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <Bwox94.LCJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- 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.
- -Brian
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