Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: 104% Throttle ??
Message-ID: <1988Oct25.231247.17399@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <8837@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <497@idsssd.UUCP> <280@iconsys.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 88 23:12:47 GMT

In article <280@iconsys.UUCP> mcd@iconsys.UUCP (Mark Dakins) writes:
>I think that they try to keep the peak thrust down as far as possible
>but I don't know if any launches have stayed at or below 100%. I
>think they usually stay at or below 105% but, I seem to have a
>vague memory of a launch that went to 109%.

Historically, the levels that have been in use are 100% (and lesser values),
104%, and 109%.  I'm not sure whether 109% was ever actually used.  NASA is
now very reluctant to use 109%, for safety reasons.
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