NationStates Jolt Archive

Today, the Militarist Nation of Langham is launching its first shuttle to out space. The shuttle will spend 7 days in space, after 7 days, the crew will return to Earth. Here is information of the shuttle:

56.14 meters (184.2 feet)
Orbiter:
37.23 meters (122.17 feet)

Height
Orbiter on runway:
17.27 meters (56.67 feet)

Wingspan
23.79 meters (78.06 feet)

Weight *
At liftoff: 2,041,166 kilograms (4.5 million pounds)
End of mission: 104,326 kilograms (230,000 pounds)

Maximum cargo to orbit
28,803 kilograms
(63,500 pounds)

SRB Separation
Two minutes after launch

External Tank Separation
8.5 minutes after launch
Altitude: 109.26 kilometers (59 nautical miles)
Velocity: 28,067 kph
(17,440 mph)

Orbit
185 to 643 kilometers
(115 to 400 statute miles)
Velocity: 27,875 kph
(17,321 mph)

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/basics/images/shuttle_view1.gif
As you can see, it's just a basic shuttle.

Very impressive
and nice presentation to boot
The nomadic peoples of valathar will showcase this moment by
televising it seeing as we are so poor we wont be seeing our country do anything like that for a while :cry:

"Outstanding!"

-The Cardboard Avenger

The shuttle will be launched in a few hours. The crew is getting ready and the shuttle is almost to the launch pad.

-Felix McFarlin
Director of Langham Space Agency