Difference between revisions of "Salamander"

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|+ '''Specifications:'''
 
|+ '''Specifications:'''
|-
 
| '''Dry mass:'''
 
| 120 metric tons
 
|-
 
| '''Fuel capacity:'''
 
| 60 metric tons
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Wingspan:'''
 
| '''Wingspan:'''
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| 7.57 m
 
| 7.57 m
 
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| '''Minimum Crew'''
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| '''Minimum Crew:'''
 
| 2 Pilots, 1 Flight Engineer, 1 Loadmaster
 
| 2 Pilots, 1 Flight Engineer, 1 Loadmaster
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Maximum Cabin Seating'''
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| '''Maximum Cabin Seating:'''
 
| 10
 
| 10
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Lifting capacity'''
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| '''Typical mission length:'''
'''(Earth to LEO):'''
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| 10 days
| 70 metric tons or 60 passengers
 
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Cargo configuration:'''
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| '''Max Life Support (4 crew):'''
| Up to 6 TEU units in any combination (mass limited by mission profile)
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| 35 days
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|+ '''Cargo mission profile:'''
 
|-
 
| '''Summary:'''  
 
| Launch from Earth to LEO up to 1200 km circular orbit.  Optionally load with additional cargo for return to Earth.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Crew:'''
+
| '''Max Life Support (10 crew):'''
| 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, 1 loadmaster
+
| 14 days
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Cargo capacity'''
+
| '''Dry mass:'''
'''(Earth to LEO):'''
+
| 120 metric tons
| 6 TEU containers, up to 70 tons total cargo mass
 
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Cargo capacity'''
+
| '''Fuel capacity:'''
'''(LEO to Earth):'''
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| 60 metric tons
| 6 TEU containers, up to 70 tons total cargo mass (max 15% fuel for reentry)
 
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Length:'''
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| '''Lifting capacity:'''
| 12 days launch to landing
+
'''(Earth to LEO):'''
 +
| 70 metric tons
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Emergency life support reserve:'''
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| '''Cargo configuration:'''
| 4-5 weeks
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| Up to 6 TEU units in any combination
|}
 
 
 
 
 
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|+ '''Passenger mission profile:'''
 
|-
 
| '''Summary:'''
 
| Transport passengers from Earth to LEO and back.
 
|-
 
| '''Crew:'''
 
| 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, 1 loadmaster, 1 flight surgeon or medical officer, 2 passenger liaisons (flight attendants)
 
|-
 
| '''Passenger capacity:'''
 
| Up to 60 passengers in g-couch luxury seating in special 5-TEU short-term passenger transport unit (40 tons). Other seating configurations possible.
 
|-
 
| '''Required cargo:'''
 
| 1 extended life support services TEU (28 tons) -- provides necessary life support for passengers Plus 12,000 kg baggage area
 
|-
 
| '''Length:'''
 
| 12 hours nominal launch-to-rendezvous, 8 days docked (6 months if in safe-mode), 12 hours from undock to touchdown
 
|-
 
| '''Emergency life support reserve:'''
 
| 2 weeks for 60 passengers
 
 
|}
 
|}

Revision as of 23:14, 30 April 2007

The Salamander

SalamanderPlacard.png

Specifications:
Wingspan: 48.75 meters
Length: 48.78 m
Height (gear up): 6.01 m
Height (gear down): 7.57 m
Minimum Crew: 2 Pilots, 1 Flight Engineer, 1 Loadmaster
Maximum Cabin Seating: 10
Typical mission length: 10 days
Max Life Support (4 crew): 35 days
Max Life Support (10 crew): 14 days
Dry mass: 120 metric tons
Fuel capacity: 60 metric tons
Lifting capacity:

(Earth to LEO):

70 metric tons
Cargo configuration: Up to 6 TEU units in any combination