Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION
on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Volume 4 Index
Hearings of the Presidential
Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: February 6, 1986
to February 25, 1986
FEBRUARY 6, 1986 SESSION [part 2 of
2]
[Ref. 2/6-78]
[130] STS LANDING FACILITY (SLF)
DESCRIPTION
- THE RUNWAY IS 15,000 FEET LONG, AND 300
FEET WIDE WITH A 1,000 FOOT PAVED OVERRUN AT EACH END WITH LANDING
SYSTEM AIDS
- LANDING AIDS CONTROL BUILDING IS LOCATED
NEAR PARKING APRON WHICH SUPPORTS THE LANDING CONTROL
OPERATIONS
- THE MATE & DEMATE DEVICE LOCATED AT
THE RAMP OF THE SLF
OPERATIONS
- ORBITING LANDING AFTER A MISSION AND
LANDING OF THE ORBITER PIGGYBACK ON A 747 CARRIER AIRCRAFT
- MICROWAVE SCANNING BEAM LANDING SYSTEM
(MSBLS) AND TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION (TACAN) ARE USED FOR ORBITER
LANDINGS. ALSO, VISUAL AIDS PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATORS
(PAPI) ARE INCLUDED.
- ORBITER CONVOY OPERATIONS FOR
CONTINGENCIES AT TIME OF LAUNCH AND SAFING THE ORBITER, EGRESSING
THE FLIGHT CREW AND PREP THE ORBITER FOR TOW TO THE OPF AFTER A
MISSION
- THE MATE & DEMATE DEVICE IS USED TO
EITHER REMOVE AN ORBITER FROM THE BACK OF THE 747 AIRCRAFT OR TO
PLACE AN ORBITER ON A 747 AIRCRAFT.
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