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The Patsayev is the craft from the [[World of 2001]]. It is a Soviet tanker and cargo transport. There are two versions: normal for a work on Earth's orbit, and Patsayev-M which is Mars cargo transport.
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The '''Patsayev''' is a [[spacecraft]] from the [[World of 2001]]. It is a soviet tanker and cargo transport. There are two versions: normal for a work on Earth's orbit, and ''Patsayev-M'' which is Mars cargo transport.
  
Previously, before the [[Tchalinko(2001)|Tchalinko]] base was able to process lunar ice into fuel, there was no refueling
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==History==
capability on the moon. The Patsayev tankers were used to
 
shuttle fuel to the lunar surface and return empty. With fuel
 
now available at Tchalinko, the Patsayevs are undergoing
 
conversion into Komarovs, or are performing the [[Taurus(2001)|Taurus]]
 
mission of boosting payloads to high or escape orbit. Since
 
the Patsayev has the fuel capacity of a Komarov transport but
 
not the mass of the habs, it is capable of far more delta-V
 
change than the [[Taurus(2001)|Taurus]] to which it is sometimes compared.
 
Patsayev-M: A Mars cargo vessel, simply adds the Mars aerobrake and a “luggage rack”
 
to carry up to a dozen cargo containers externally. The Patsayev-M is the functional equivalent of
 
the U.S. Herculis. It is quite different in operation, however, as it aerobrakes into Mars orbit.
 
Normal procedure then is to land on Phobos or be unloaded in orbit. The Patsayev-M could
 
probably land on Mars in theory, but never does in practice.
 
  
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Previously, before the [[Tchalinko(2001)|Tchalinko]] base was able to process lunar ice into fuel, there was no refueling capability on the moon. The '''Patsayev''' tankers were used to shuttle fuel to the lunar surface and return empty. With fuel now available at Tchalinko, the Patsayevs are undergoing conversion into [[Komarov(2001)|Komarovs]], or are performing the [[Taurus(2001)|Taurus]] mission of boosting payloads to high or escape orbit. Since the Patsayev has the fuel capacity of a Komarov transport but not the mass of the habitats, it is capable of far more delta-V than the [[Taurus(2001)|Taurus]] to which it is sometimes compared.
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==Patsayev-M==
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The '''Patsayev-M''' is a [[Mars]] cargo vessel, which simply adds the Mars [[aerobrake]] section and a “luggage rack” to carry up to a dozen cargo containers externally. The Patsayev-M is the functional equivalent of the U.S. [[Herculis(2001)|Herculis]]. It is quite different in operation, however, as it aerobrakes into Mars orbit. Normal procedure then is to land on Phobos or be unloaded in orbit. The Patsayev-M could probably land on Mars in theory, but never does in practice.
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==See also==
 
* [http://www.worldof2001.com World of 2001 homepage]
 
* [http://www.worldof2001.com World of 2001 homepage]
  
 
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Revision as of 21:23, 23 March 2007

Patsayev


The Patsayev is a spacecraft from the World of 2001. It is a soviet tanker and cargo transport. There are two versions: normal for a work on Earth's orbit, and Patsayev-M which is Mars cargo transport.

History

Previously, before the Tchalinko base was able to process lunar ice into fuel, there was no refueling capability on the moon. The Patsayev tankers were used to shuttle fuel to the lunar surface and return empty. With fuel now available at Tchalinko, the Patsayevs are undergoing conversion into Komarovs, or are performing the Taurus mission of boosting payloads to high or escape orbit. Since the Patsayev has the fuel capacity of a Komarov transport but not the mass of the habitats, it is capable of far more delta-V than the Taurus to which it is sometimes compared.

Patsayev-M

The Patsayev-M is a Mars cargo vessel, which simply adds the Mars aerobrake section and a “luggage rack” to carry up to a dozen cargo containers externally. The Patsayev-M is the functional equivalent of the U.S. Herculis. It is quite different in operation, however, as it aerobrakes into Mars orbit. Normal procedure then is to land on Phobos or be unloaded in orbit. The Patsayev-M could probably land on Mars in theory, but never does in practice.

See also


The World of 2001

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Spacecraft: Aquarius | Aquarius Id | Aries | Bondarenko | Centaur-O | Draco | Gagarin | Herculis | Komarov | Komarov-bis | Merkur | Moonbus | Orion | Patsayev | Polaris 1-XE | Rocketbus | Skorpion | Taurus | Titov V | Titov G

Space stations: Cytherean Station One | Space Station III | Space Station IV | Space Station V

Surface bases: Aberporth | Baikonur | Brest | Canberra | Cape Canaveral | Clavius Base | Cuxhaven | Hainan | Kadena AB | Korolevgrad | Lunar Observatory | Moscow | Phobos Base | Port Lowell | Prime Base | Serenitatis Base | Tchalinko | Tranquility Museum | Tycho | Washington