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Space Shuttle (1976)

 

Presentation

1976: first test of a Space Shuttle

Manufacturer

Technology provider

Partner

Pratt and Whitney

Vehicle

Space craft vehicle

Status

Passenger capacity

Size, weight

Propulsion concept

Hydrogen turbine; with three 12 kWe AFC for on-board electricity supply (no battery back-up system) 

Fuel

Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen

Storage

Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks

Range, consumption

 

Top speed, acceleration

Approval

Operation

Goals

Costs, prices

Funding

Source, link

http://www.utcpower.com

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Space Shuttle

12 kW AFC used in a Space Shuttle