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How is a space shuttle used in a satellite launch?
Generally space shuttles are not used to launch satellites as it is very costly to launch a space shuttle. Rockets with automated systems place satellites in orbit as opposed to a manned shuttle.
What do scientists use to launch satellite into space?
Rockets primarily are used to launch satellites into space. Alternatively, the space shuttle is used for very large satellites, but that option will no longer be available when the fleet is retired at the end of 2010.
What do you do after sending a space shuttle up?
After a space shuttle is launched it goes in orbit around the Earth. While in orbit, the astronauts preform experiments that can only be done in micro gravity or preform maintenance on satellites, or launch new satellites.
How do satellites launch?
They are taken into orbit by rocket or shuttle.
What was the first space shuttle to launch in space?
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
Are the Shuttle solid motors derived from the MX ICBM?
No. The Space Shuttle engine geometry is derived from the Titan III launch platform, which was used to put spy satellites into orbit, not launch MIRVs into ballistic tragectories.
What is a space shuttle what does it do?
A space shuttle is a reusable launch and orbital spacecraft. It was designed by NASA for human space flight. The space shuttle takes humans into space. It also can be used to deploy satellites, probes, additions to the space station, and parts used to work on the space station. The space shuttle has also been used to conduct experiments in space.
Where can you watch the last space shuttle launch?
you will see the last space shuttle launch in... and in a place called...
Does a space shuttle launch satellites into orbit?
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Who pays for the space shuttle launch?
the person that wants to launch a space shuttle, a space company like NASA or the government
What space shuttle will be the last to launch?
Space Shuttle Atlantis was the last space shuttle to launch at 11:29 a.m. EDT, on July 8, 2011.
When will the last space shuttle launch as of 2011?
The last Space Shuttle launch was Space Shuttle Atlantis at 11:29 a.m. EDT, on July 8, 2011.
