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The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) were two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One is a 747-100 model, while the other is a short range 747-100SR. In approach and landing test flights conducted in 1977, the test shuttle Enterprise was released from an SCA during flight and glided to a landing under its own control.

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  • Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
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  • The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) were two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One is a 747-100 model, while the other is a short range 747-100SR. In approach and landing test flights conducted in 1977, the test shuttle Enterprise was released from an SCA during flight and glided to a landing under its own control.
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dbkwik:nasa/proper...iPageUsesTemplate
max takeoff weight alt
  • 322000.0
length alt
  • 70.5 m
span main
  • 5963.92
lists
  • * List of Boeing 747 operators
Status
  • Retired
cruise speed main
  • Mach 0.6
cruise speed alt
  • 250(xsd:integer)
thrust alt
  • 222 kN
height alt
  • 19.3 m
Introduced
  • 1977(xsd:integer)
primary user
Type
range alt
  • 1000(xsd:integer)
range more
  • while carrying Shuttle
length main
  • 7051.04
area main
  • 5500.0
height main
  • 1932.94
See Also
  • * Airborne aircraft carrier * Moonraker (film), the 1979 James Bond film, which begins with the destruction of an SCA in flight. * Shuttle Landing Facility
span alt
  • 59.7 m
range main
  • 1150.0
Manufacturer
  • Boeing
ceiling main
  • 15000.0
empty weight main
  • 318000.0
Related
  • * Boeing 747 * Boeing VC-25
type of jet
  • turbofans
Developed From
  • Boeing 747-100
area alt
  • 510.0
more users
  • Boeing
engine (jet)
jet or prop?
  • jet
empty weight alt
  • 144200.0
thrust main
  • 50000(xsd:integer)
number of jets
  • 4(xsd:integer)
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 4500(xsd:integer)
similar aircraft
  • * Antonov An-225 Mriya * Conroy Virtus * Lockheed C-5 Shuttle Carrier * Myasishchev VM-T
max takeoff weight main
  • 710000.0
Retired
  • 2012(xsd:integer)
Crew
  • 4(xsd:integer)
Number Built
  • 2(xsd:integer)
ref
  • Boeing 747-100 specifications Jenkins 2000
abstract
  • The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) were two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One is a 747-100 model, while the other is a short range 747-100SR. The SCAs were used to ferry Space Shuttles from landing sites back to the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, and to and from other locations too distant for the orbiters to be delivered by ground transport. The orbiters were placed on top of the SCAs by Mate-Demate Devices, large gantry-like structures that hoisted the orbiters off the ground for post-flight servicing then mated them with the SCAs for ferry flights. In approach and landing test flights conducted in 1977, the test shuttle Enterprise was released from an SCA during flight and glided to a landing under its own control.
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