When that engine was installed in the Space Shuttle, the maximum continuous firing time was 1250 seconds, or just over 20 minutes. In that time it would consume 24150lbs of prop, or almost 11 tons.Ok thanks for the info so the ESM has 1//3 the power but can burn almost twice as long as the SPS. I wonder how much total burn time it has .
Orbiter says it's 130.5 hours, or 5 days and 10 hours, to go from/to 185 km to/from 400000 km.I think I'm wrong somewhere, but wouldn't Hohmann transfer time be 4 days max? How are they making the trip in 6?
Sorry for the slight off topic, and if it's been mentioned elsewhere:
Do we know what these are? Guessing not thrusters.
Thanks, latches do make sense. Had noticed very similar components on Soyuz and filed it away for later worrying, but there they also line up with where the folded arrays would be.Should be thrusters.
EDIT: Or the launch latches for the solar arrays, if you do a morphological analysis and look for a similar features on the ATV.
Thanks, latches do make sense. Had noticed very similar components on Soyuz and filed it away for later worrying, but there they also line up with where the folded arrays would be.
That was exactly my first thought when I reviewed the picture.Also the scale did not fit well to thrusters, even vernier thrusters should have been larger.
That was exactly my first thought when I reviewed the picture.
I'm afraid how less we know about the system yet Btw, are there any advanced manuals yet?