Space tug on the slipway
Abstract
The design, development, testing, and evaluation program for the NASA Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) is discussed. The OMV configuration is described and illustrated. The development of techniques to refuel and repair the OMV and plans for payload interfaces, such as a grapple docking mechanism, are examined. Also, the operation of the OMV, the application of video techniques for docking and satellite inspection, and the possibility of modifying or expanding the OMV are considered.
- Publication:
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Space
- Pub Date:
- April 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988Space...4...44C
- Keywords:
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- Orbital Maneuvering Vehicles;
- Space Tugs;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Earth Orbits;
- Ground Based Control;
- Payloads;
- Space Commercialization;
- Space Stations;
- Spacecraft Configurations;
- Spacecrews;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles