Special Transportation Vehicle with a Container
Glavkosmos
A special-purpose ground transportation vehicle with variable geometry, designed to carry launch vehicle parts and other heavy-weight loads.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 15,000 kg
- Design life
- 15 years
- Lead time
- 18 months
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Purpose
- Transportation of LV parts and other heavy-weight loads
- Year of release
- 2014
- Design life
- 15 years
- Lead time
- 18 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- No
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Velocity
- Up to 120 km/h
- Mass
- 15000 kg
- Length
- Up to 20 m
- Features
- Variable geometry
About
The Special Transportation Vehicle with a Container is ground support equipment used for the transportation of launch vehicle (LV) parts and other heavy-weight loads, such as at a cosmodrome or launch site. It features variable geometry to accommodate different cargo configurations. The vehicle can reach speeds of up to 120 km/h, has a weight of 15,000 kg, and a length of up to 20 m. It was first released in 2014, has a guaranteed service life of 15 years, and an estimated production/delivery time of 18 months. The product is not flight-qualified, as it is ground equipment, but it can be adapted to customer requirements.
Documentation
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