SPACECRAFT TECHNICAL ASPECTS:

TECHINCAL ASPECTS OF A SPACE CRAFT:

Orbiter Specifications (for Endeavour, OV-105)

Length: 122.17 ft (37.24 m) 
Wingspan: 78.06 ft (23.79 m) 
Height: 58.58 ft (17.25 m) 
Empty Weight: 151,205 lb (68,586.6 kg) 
Gross Lift-off Weight: 240,000 lb (109,000 kg) 
Maximum Landing Weight: 230,000 lb (104,000 kg) 
Main Engines: Three Rocketdyne Block 2 A SSMEs, each with a sea level thrust of 393,800 lbf (178,624 kgf) 
Maximum Payload: 55,250 lb (25,061.4 kg) 
Payload Bay dimensions: 15 ft by 60 ft (4.6 m by 18.3 m) 
Operational Altitude: 100 to 520 nmi (185 to 1,000 km) 
Speed: 25,404 ft/s (7,743 m/s, 27,875 km/h, 17,321 mi/h) 
Cross range: 1,085 nautical miles (2,009.4 km) 
Crew: Seven (Commander, Pilot, two Mission Specialists, and three Payload Specialists), two for minimum. 

Space Shuttle Atlantis transported by a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), 1998 (NASA) External Tank Specifications (for SLWT)

Length: 153.8 ft (46.9 m) 
Diameter: 27.6 ft (8.4 m) 
Propellant Volume: 535,000 gallon 
Empty Weight: 58,500 lb (26,559 kg) 
Gross Lift-off Weight: 1.667 million lb (757,000 kg) 
Solid Rocket Booster Specifications

Length: 149.6 ft (45.6 m) 
Diameter: 12.17 ft (3.71 m) 
Empty Weight: 139,490 lb (63,272.7 kg) 
Gross Liftoff Weight: 1.3 million lb (590,000 kg) 
Thrust (sea level, liftoff): 2.8 million lbf (1,270,058 kgf) 
System Stack Specifications

Height: 184.2 ft (56.14 m) 
Gross Lift-off Weight: 4.5 million lb (2.04 million kg) 
Total Lift-off Thrust: 6.781 million lbf (3.076 million kgf)