| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 974 |
| Total number of notes: | 18843 |
What is BECO?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 382.1 | COVERT::HUGHES | Greetings and hallucinations! | Sun Jan 03 1988 17:37 | 11 | |
BECO = Booster Engine Cut Off
SECO = Sustainer Engine Cut Off
(and for Atlas trivia fans, VECO = Vernier Engine Cut Off).
These were terms used mostly for the Atlas, with its stage and half
design. They came back into use on the shuttle as it is also a stage
and half design and I think some of the old hands at the Cape liked
this kind of stuff.
gary
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| 382.2 | MECO? | DECWIN::FISHER | Burns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23 | Mon Jan 04 1988 16:02 | 5 |
Is not MECO used on the shuttle for Main Engine Cut Off in place
of SECO?
Burns
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| 382.3 | MONSTR::HUGHES | Greetings and hallucinations! | Mon Jan 04 1988 17:08 | 5 | |
Yes, you are right. MECO is the term used for shuttle flights.
I guess I was in an expendable frame of mind.... :-)
gary
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