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The Integrated Cargo Carrier is a two-part structure consisting of a waffle-like aluminum box-beam pallet and keel-yoke assembly. It is installed in the cargo bay of the space shuttle orbiter, to expand the shuttle's capacity to transport unpressurized cargo. SPACEHAB'S Integrated Cargo Carrier is 8 feet long, 15 feet wide and 10 inches thick. It has a capacity of up to 6,000 pounds of attached payload. Cargo can be attached to both the top and bottom of the pallet. Participating Contractors are Russia's RSC-Energia, maker of the Unpressurized Cargo Pallet. Astrium GmbH is the maker of the Keel Yoke Assembly (KYA) that anchors the UCP in the Shuttle cargo bay and is SPACEHAB's mission integration and operations support prime contractor. STS-102 Specifics: Launch Weight of the Integrated Cargo Carrier on STS-102 is 3,438 pounds. Both sides of the Unpressurized Cargo Pallet (UCP) are being used to transport cargo to the International Space Station. ISS Cargo Compliment: Lab Cradle Assembly with Module Truss Structure Attach System installed; Pump Flow Control Subassembly with attached Flight Support Equipment; External Stowage Platform; and the Rigid Umbilical. · The Lab Cradle Assembly Lab Cradle Assembly will be installed it on the U.S. laboratory Destiny's aft zenith trunnion on the mission's first spacewalk. During STS-100 (6A) later this year, the 300-pound, four-foot-square LCA will be used to secure the Launch Deployment Assembly of the station's robotic arm. On STS-110 (8A) it will be used to permanently secure the S0 truss segment to Destiny. It will become the structural interface between the station and the main truss. · The External Stowage Platform will be installed during the second spacewalk on the port aft trunnion on Destiny. It is a temporary home for orbital replacement units - spares stowed on the ESP and available to replace vital equipment. Spacewalking astronauts also will hook up cables to provide power to the orbital replacement units stowed there. · The Pump Flow Control Subassembly will be the first of those orbital replacement units on the External Stowage Platform. It is a is a 250-pound device that pumps and controls valves for ammonia coolant flow. · The Rigid Umbilical is a wiring harness to take power, data and video between Destiny and the Space Station Remote Manipulator System, the station's robotic arm. During the first spacewalk, it will be installed on the forward, lower side of Destiny near the Power & Data Grapple Fixture, an attachment point on Destiny for the station arm. |
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