Shuttle-A
| Shuttle-A | |
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| Shuttle-A | |
| Description | |
| Role | Low gravity/low pressure cargo hauler |
| Full name | Shuttle-A |
| Crew | 2 |
| Passengers | none |
| First flight | date unknown |
| Entered service | date unknown |
| Manufacturer | unknown |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 35.0 m |
| Height | 6.98 m |
| Wingspan | 15.4 m |
| Wing area | |
| Masses | |
| Empty | 22,000 kg |
| Fuel | 16,000 kg |
| RCS fuel | 700 kg |
| Max. take-off | 38,700 kg |
| Inertia PMI | 86.6/89.8/5.5 m2 |
| Performance | |
| Max. delta-v | 16.4 km/s |
| Max. accel | 23.0 m/s2 |
| Stall CL | |
| Stall AOA | |
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