Space Shuttle Orbiter class
| STARSHIP CLASS | |
| Space Shuttle Orbiter | |
|---|---|
| Transport | |
| Affiliation | United States |
| Completed | 5 projected (6 actual) |
| Active | 4 |
| Projected Lifespan | 10 years |
| Dimensions | |
| Mass | 69 t |
| Length | 37.2 m |
| Beam | 23.8 m |
| Height | 17.3 m |
| Characteristics | |
| Crew | 2 + 6 |
| Maximum Speed | orbital speed |
| Combat Ratings | |
| Size | 3 |
| Background | |
| Costs (RPs) | 70 / 7 |
Ships
| Name | NCC | Builder | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise (orbiter) | OV-101 | Rockwell International | 1977 | Active | |
| Columbia (orbiter) | OV-102 | Rockwell International | 1981 | Active | |
| Challenger (orbiter) | OV-099 | Rockwell International | 1983 | 1986 | Destroyed |
| Discovery (orbiter) | OV-103 | Rockwell International | 1984 | Active | |
| Atlantis (orbiter) | OV-104 | Rockwell International | 1985 | Active | |
| Endeavour (orbiter) | OV-105 | Rockwell International | 1992 | Planned |
Initial Flight Configuration
Mass: 69 tons
- Size: 3
- Length: 37.2 m
- Beam: 23.8 m
- Height: 17.3 m
- Maximum SU: 600
- Utilized SU: 233
- SU Mass: 0.1 mt (0.115 mt specifically)
Hull (30 SU)
- Outer Hull/Primary Structure: 12 SU
- Inner Hull/Secondary Structure: 12 SU
- Resistance: 2 (free)
- Atmospheric Capability: 3 SU
- Planetfall Capability: 3 SU
Personnel Systems (31 SU)
- Crew: 2
- Passengers: 4-6
- Crew Quarters: 1 SU
- 8 Zero-G alcoves
- Basic Life Support: 12 SU
- Reserve Life Support: 6 SU
- Emergency Life Support: n/a
- Gravity: n/a
- Consumables: 28 days (1 SU)
- Food Processor System: Food Stores (2 SU)
- Industrial Fabrication Units: n/a
- Medical Systems: n/a
- Recreation Facilities: Rating 1 (3 SU)
- Personnel Transport: n/a
- Fire Suppression: 3 SU
- Cargo: 26.1 mt total
- 68 mt internal (3 SU)
- Escape Pods: n/a
Note: Exercise equipment/galley are abbreviated versions, hence less SUs than rated.
Propulsion Systems (97 SU)
- Warp Propulsion System: n/a
- Impulse Propulsion System: Chemical Propulsion (92 SU)
- Reaction Control System:
- Primary RCS: 3 SU
- Auxiliary RCS: 2 SU (1.5 SU specifically)
Note: Once orbit was achieved, the main fuel tank was released and the shuttle could not re-engage the main impulse propulsion system on that flight.
Power Systems (29 SU)
- Battery Power Systems: 9 SU
- Emergency Power: Back-up battery system (5 SU)
- Electroplasma System: Pre-warp (15 SU)
Operations Systems (46 SU)
- Bridge Systems: 20th c. version (6 SU)
- Auxiliary Control Room: n/a
- Computers: 5 cores (type) (2 SU, 1.5 SU specifically, 0.3 each)
- Optical Data Networks: 9 SU
- Navigational Deflector: n/a
- Sensor Systems:
- Long-Range Sensors: Pre-warp, Class 1 (3 SU)
- Lateral Sensors: Class 0, Standard (2 SU)
- Navigational Sensors: Class 0, Standard (2 SU)
- Flight Control Systems:
- Autopilot: Flight Control 1, Coordination 1 (4 SU)
- Navigational Computers: Class 1 (1 SU)
- Back-up: free
- Attitude Control: 1 SU (0.75 SU specifically)
- Communication Systems: Type 1 (1 SU)
- Security Systems: n/a
- Anti-Intruder System: n/a
- Science Systems: Rating 1 (15 SU)
Tactical Systems
- Beam Weapons: n/a
- Missile Weapons: n/a
- Threat Assessment/Tracking/Targeting System: n/a
- Hull Plating: n/a
Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems
- Shuttlebays: n/a