Martin Marietta Spacemaster
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| Function | Manned Re-usable orbital launch vehicle |
|---|---|
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | Martin Marietta |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | United States |
| Size | |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 128 m (420 ft) |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 8.0 m (26.2 ft) |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 1,600,000 kg (3,500,000 lb) |
| Stages | 2 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to LEO | |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 22,700 kg (50,000 lb) |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Cancelled |
| Launch sites | LC-39 Kennedy Space Center |
| Total launches | 0 |
| First stage | |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 14 Rocketdyne SSME |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 28,080 kN (6,310,000 lbf) |
| Burn time | 155 seconds |
| Propellant | LH2/LOX |
| Second stage | |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 2 Rocketdyne SSME |
| Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 555: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | 4,549 kN (1,023,000 lbf) |
| Burn time | 276 seconds |
| Propellant | LH2/LOX |
The Martin Marietta Spacemaster was a proposed configuration for what became the Space Shuttle, which featured an X-24-derived orbiter, and an unusual "catamaran style" booster stage. During launch and ascent, the orbiter would be located in a recess in the booster. The booster's 14 engines would be located in clusters of seven, at the bottom of both halves of the booster. Unlike the final design for the Space Shuttle, the Spacemaster would lack an external tank, and the boosters would be joined, by means of connecting struts which would also serve as the mounting for the orbiter.
The concept was evaluated in 1967, but was rejected. Martin Marietta went on to produce the Space Shuttle external tank (ET) for the final STS Space Shuttle design (by Lockheed Martin after a merger with Lockheed).
A model of the Martin Marietta Spacemaster is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.[1]
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