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    Orbital replacement units (or on-orbit replaceable unit: 21 ) (ORUs) are key elements of the International Space Station that can be readily replaced...
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  • An orbital replacement unit or orbital replaceable unit is a modular component of spacecraft that can be replaced upon failure either by robot or by extravehicular...
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    Dextre, as well as a Payload/Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodations (POA), to hold payloads and Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs). The MBS also has a common...
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    Loop on the S0 Truss (see schematic below and Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) for design of these units); Heat Transportation - The Pump Module (PM) provides...
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    are capable of handling delicate assembly tasks and changing Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) currently handled by astronauts during spacewalks. Although...
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  • ORU, Oru or Õru can refer to: Orbital replacement unit, used on the International Space Station Orbital replacement unit (HST), used on the Hubble Space...
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    have a maximum payload rating of 65,000 pounds or 30,000 kg. An orbital replacement unit may also have a grapple fixture. The Latchable Grapple Fixture...
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    complete orbital replacement units: Many spares are stored on the ISS and Dextre is able to carry them to and from worksites and install replacements when...
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  • Rashford also invented a protective enclosure for use transporting orbital replacement units (orus). Rashford designed and developed unique spacecraft support...
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    is divided into two sections: the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) assembled by Roscosmos, and the US Orbital Segment (USOS), assembled by NASA, JAXA, ESA...
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    electrical power, and command and data handling services for Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) as well as science experiments on the ISS. The ELCs were...
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  • disposal unit, a term in bioremediation LDU decomposition, a factorization of matrices found in linear algebra Linear Drive Unit, a type of orbital replacement...
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    proper functioning of these experiments, the payload requires an orbital replacement unit (ORU), consisting of the electrical power system (EPS), communications...
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  • Hamilton-class cutters Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism for orbital replacement units on external stowage platforms of the International Space Station...
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    (Canadarm2) and transferred to the Mobile Base System (MBS) Payload/Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodations (POA) on 28 September 2018. Due to the launch failure...
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    2022. "US Patent for Protective enclosure for use transporting orbital replacement units (orus) within a space craft Patent (Patent # 6,863,190 issued...
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    as an external pallet that can hold spare parts, also known as orbital replacement units (ORUs), for the space station. As a platform it is not pressurized...
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    (SASA), a Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM) Arm with Orbital Replacement Unit change-out mechanism, a Space Test Program Houston 3 Department...
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  • continues to provide Battery Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs), Battery Charge Discharge Units (BCDUs), and Sequential Shunt Units (SSUs) for the ISS. SSL designed...
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    It was initially developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financial support from NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)...
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    on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022. McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log". Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". Wade...
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    to Ground Antenna (SGANT), the SGANT boom assembly, an Enhanced Orbital replacement Unit (ORU) Temporary Platform (EOTP) for the Canadian Dextre robotic...
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    Hubble Space Telescope. Protective enclosure for use transporting orbital replacement units (orus) within a space craft, invented by Robert Rashford. Single-person...
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    Module (SEM) EVA Development Flight Tests (EDTF-5) Crane Battery Orbital Replacement Unit Cable Caddy Portable Work Platform Portable Foot Restraint Work...
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    Atlantis carried the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Communication Unit (CUCU) developed by Space Exploration...
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    extravehicular activities are major events in the building and maintaining of the orbital laboratory, and are performed to install new components, re-wire systems...
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    lithium-ion batteries Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) for replacing the ISS's existing nickel-hydrogen batteries. The transportation of replacement batteries is...
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    Facility (MISSE-FF), and a Pump and Flow Control Subassembly (PFCS) orbital replacement unit for the station. Multiple payloads from national labs are also...
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    A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard...
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    NASA (2001). "STS-104". NASA. Todd Halvorson (2001). "Quest Airlock Makes Orbital Debut as Astronauts Wrap Up Station Construction Work". Space.com. Archived...
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