CSTS
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Crew Space Transportation System (CSTS), or Advanced Crew Transportation System (ACTS), was a proposed design for a crewed spacecraft for low Earth orbit operations such as servicing the International Space Station, but also capable of exploration of the Moon and beyond. It was originally a joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos, but later became solely an ESA project. This study was conceived as a basic strategic plan to keep a viable European human spaceflight program alive.
Key facts
- Spacecraft class.image
- Image:Euro-CTS-2008.jpg
- Spacecraft class.caption
- Proposed CSTS design (spring 2008)
- Spacecraft class.name
- CSTS (Crew Space Transportation System) ACTS (Advanced Crew Transportation System)
- Spacecraft class.manufacturer
- RKK Energia, EADS Astrium (original proposal) EADS Astrium (later proposal)
- Spacecraft class.country
- ESA member states, Russia (original proposal)ESA member states (later proposal)
- Spacecraft class.applications
- Carry cosmonauts and astronauts to orbit and back (main goal) possible future improvements for beyond-LEO missions (additional goal)
- Spacecraft class.operator
- Roscosmos, European Space Agency (original proposal)European Space Agency (later proposal)
- Spacecraft class.orbits
- Low Earth orbit (main operations) circumlunar spaceflight (proposed beyond-LEO operations)
- Spacecraft class.derivedfrom
- original version of Orel (older proposal) Automated Transfer Vehicle evolution variant (later proposal)
- Spacecraft class.derivatives
- Orel (after Russian departure from the project)
- Spacecraft class.status
- Study phase; original proposal cancelled
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- space capsule
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- Commons category
- CSTS spacecraft concept
Sources (1)
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Article · Italiano
CSTS o ACTS (rispettivamente Crew Space Transportation System e Advanced Crew Transportation System ) è un sistema di viaggio spaziale proposto da uno studio congiunto tra l'ESA e l'agenzia spaziale russa. Ora viene sviluppato solo dall'ESA.Utilizzabile per la ISS ma anche capace di esplorare la Luna e oltre. Un progetto parallelo dell'Agenzia Spaziale Russa è il Perspektivnaja Pilotiruemaja Transportnaja Sistema. Dal novembre 2008 i fondi del progetto sono stati limitati a uno studio di fattibilità per un lancio del veicolo non prima del 2017.
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