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Orion Crew Module
Credit - NASA
Part of: Orion. Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft Module.

Orion re-entry vehicle (crew module). A 25% scale-up of the Apollo capsule of the 1960's.

Crew Size: 6. Length: 3.30 m (10.80 ft). Basic Diameter: 5.03 m (16.50 ft). Habitable Volume: 10.23 m3. Mass: 8,485 kg (18,706 lb). Environmental Control System: 128 kg (282 lb). Payload: 100 kg (220 lb). RCS Coarse No x Thrust: 24 x 445 N. RCS Propellants: Gox/GCH4. L/D Hypersonic: 0.34. Spacecraft delta v: 50 m/s (164 ft/sec). Electrical System: Batteries.


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