Conference 7.286::space

674.0. "Shuttle Carrier Aircraft delivery ceremony scheduled" by 4347::GRIFFIN (Dave Griffin) Fri Nov 23 1990 20:07

From: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Date: 22 Nov 90 04:21:40 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
 
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                  November 16, 1990
(Phone:  202/453-4164)
 
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone:  713/483-5111)
 
 
EDITORS NOTE:  N90-90                      
 
SHUTTLE CARRIER AIRCRAFT DELIVERY CEREMONY SCHEDULED
 
 
     NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, will take delivery of 
the second Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), at Boeing Military 
Airplanes facilities in Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, November 20.
 
     Following delivery ceremonies in Wichita, the SCA will be 
flown to Ellington Field in Houston, Hangar 990, for a 1:30 p.m. 
EST ceremony.  News media are invited to attend the ceremony and 
to tour the aircraft escorted by members of the flight crew.
 
     Boeing Military Airplanes will provide video tapes of the 
refurbishing process.  A CSA fact sheet is available.
 
 
 
            SHUTTLE CARRIER AIRCRAFT (SCA) FACT SHEET
                   NASA 911 - BOEING 747-100SR
 
Aircraft Type:  The SCA is a highly modified Boeing 747-100SR 
aircraft which is capable of ferrying the Shuttle Orbiters.
 
Description:  The Boeing 747 SCA is a heavy wide-bodied swept 
wing turbo jet which is powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J 
engines.  Some features which distinguish this aircraft from a 
standard Boeing 747 are:
 
     1.  Three struts with associated interior structural beef-up 
protruding from the top of the fuselage (2 aft, 1 forward) for 
mating the orbiter.
 
     2.  Two additional vertical stabilizers, one on each end of 
the standard horizontal stabilizer to enhance directional 
stability.
 
     3.  Removal of all interior furnishings and equipment aft of 
the forward number one doors.
 
Dimensions:
 
     Wingspan:  195 feet 8 inches
 
     Length:  231 feet 10 inches
 
     Height to top of vertical stabilizer:  63 feet 5 inches
 
     Height to top of cockpit area:  32 feet 1 inch
 
     Weight:  Maximum taxi weight:  713,000 pounds
              Maximum brake release weight:  710,000 pounds
              Maximum landing weight:  600,000 pounds
              Maximum zero-fuel weight:  orbiter variable 
 
Airspeed Limits:  250 KIAS or 0.6 Mach number
 
Altitude:  Maximum mated 15oF (-9oC) or 8 psi ambient pressure
           Typical cruise mated:  13,000-15,000 ft MSL
           Typical cruise unmated:  24,000-26,000 ft MSL
 
Range:  Typical mated:  1000 N.M. (with reserves)
        Maximum unmated:  5500 N.M.
 
Fuel:  47,210 gallons or 316,307 pounds of jet fuel
 
Crew:  Minimum for flight:  two pilots and one flight engineer
       Minimum mated:  two pilots and two flight engineers
 
Ground Support Equipment:  None required