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ECLS Resupply for Space Station Freedom
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The resupply of consummable fluids to orbiting spacecraft can significantly extend useful life and is a requirement for the permanently manned Space Station Freedom (S.S. Freedom). On S.S. Freedom, consumables will be required by the Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLS) system as well as by other systems and payloads. The long-term objective is to resupply and service fluid systems on-orbit, requiring the development of cost-effective pressurized and unpressurized logistic carriers. Additionally, the logistics carriers must be designed to support various mission scenarios by providing flexible packaging configurations.
This paper will describe the design of the logistics carriers to support the ECLS system with an emphasis on how the various design requirements are met. Projected ECLS system resupply needs for both pressurized and unpressurized logistics carriers are discussed.
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Higginbotham, K., Ogle, K., and Schunk, G., "ECLS Resupply for Space Station Freedom," SAE Technical Paper 901394, 1990, https://doi.org/10.4271/901394.Also In
Space Station Environmental/Thermal Control and Life Support Systems
Number: SP-0829; Published: 1990-07-01
Number: SP-0829; Published: 1990-07-01
References
- Space Station Program Definition and Requirements Level C Systems Requirements Document February 14 1989
- Space Station Freedom Program Level III System Requirements Document February 14 1989
- Environmental Control and Life Support System Architectural Control Document Space Station Program Office December 15 1989
- Orbiter Power Reactant Storage and Distribution Subsystem Handbook Third October 1984
- Space Station Work Package 1 (WP01) Part 5 Logistics Elements July 21 1987
- Humphries, R. Turner, L. Reuter, J. Patterson, D. “Status of the U.S. Space Station ECLSS and Internal TCS,” Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems October 1988