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From: mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Acronyms
Message-ID: <1625@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu>
Date: 29 Jul 89 18:39:15 GMT
References: <131@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU>
Organization: Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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From article <131@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU>, by bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (Bruce W. Mohler):
[.. request for explanation of acronyms..]

STS	Space Transportation System	(the shuttle system as a whole)
OV	Orbiter Vehicle			(OV-nnn is the serial number of a given 
					Space Shuttle Orbiter)
OPF	Orbiter Processing Facility	(the garage where the orbiters are
					refurbished between missions; it has
					two 'bays' each of which takes one orbiter)
OMRF	Orbiter Maintenance and Refurbishment Facility
	(you didnt ask for this one but its coming in a few weeks - its the shed they
	keep the third orbiter in when there are two in the garage).
VAB	Vertical Assembly Building	(where the Orbiter has the boosters and tank
					stuck onto it)
RPSF	R-something Processing and Surge Facility (where the
		solid rocket booster segments are prepared for 
		stacking).


- JCM