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- From: petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: Shuttle's rocket booster question
- Message-ID: <4021@phred.UUCP>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 20:31:54 GMT
- Article-I.D.: phred.4021
- References: <17270@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis)
- Organization: <17270@mindlink.bc.ca>o
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- In article <17270@mindlink.bc.ca> Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) writes:
- >
- > I believe that the RCS thrusters also have the capability of
- >performing a de-orbit burn if the OMS system is non-functional.
- >
- This is true. The aft RCS thrusters can be used for de-orbit burn. Just
- takes several minutes, 3.5 times longer than an OMS burn, to do it. OMS
- fuel can also be cross-fed to the RCS thrusters.
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- Peter Jarvis.........
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