External Tank Laboratory

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External Tank Station
File:BravoStation.jpg
The External Tank Laboratory as seen from Space Shuttle Liberty on 17 May 2010 during STS-12W.
Station statistics
NSSDC ID:2010-099A
Call sign:Bravo
Crew:6
Launch:2010-2011
Launch pad:MPLC LC-1,
KSC LC-39
Mass:TBD
Length:73 m (240 ft)
from PMA-1 to External Tank Laboratory
Width:108.5 m (356 ft)
along truss, arrays extended
Height:c. 20 m (c. 66 ft)
nadir–zenith, arrays forward–aft
Pressurised volume:c. TBD
Atmospheric pressure:TBD
Perigee:336 km altitude (220 nmi)
Apogee:346 km altitude (230 nmi)
Orbit inclination:51.64 degrees
Average speed:7,706.6 m/s
(27,743.8 km/h, 17,239.2 mph)
Orbital period:c. 93 minutes
Days in orbit:5688
(5 December)
Days occupied:5688
(5 December)
Number of orbits:c.
(5 December)
Orbital decay:2 km/month
Statistics as of 27 November 2009
(unless noted otherwise)