EXPRESS Logistics Carrier

ELC-2 on S3

The EXPRESS Logistics Carrier ( ELC ) ( EX pedite the PR ocessing of E Xperiments to the S pace S tation) are external transport and carrier platforms for experiments and spare parts, so-called ORUs , on the International Space Station ISS.

An ELC consists of a gray, cuboid grid structure on which the desired elements can be positioned, with about half a dozen components on each grid surface. There are also holding points for the robot arm for mounting the platform and other work .

The first two, ELC-1 and ELC-2, were transported to the ISS on November 18, 2009 with the space shuttle mission STS-129 . ELC-4 followed on February 26, 2011 with STS-133 . ELC-3 was mounted on the ISS on May 18, 2011 during the STS-134 shuttle mission . While ELC-1 was mounted below ( nadir ) and ELC-3 above ( zenith ) on the P3 element of the Integrated Truss Structure , ELC-2 was attached above and ELC-4 below to the opposite S3 truss. The ELCs weigh 1.6 tons, are 4 by 5 meters, have four and a half tons of payload capacity and 30 cubic meters of storage space.

The EXPRESS element family also includes the so-called EXPRESS racks, which are installed as submodules in an International Standard Payload Rack inside the space station.

The arrangement of all carrier platforms and the AMS experiment on the ISS.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Space Station Assembly, Elements: EXPRESS Pallet. NASA, accessed September 17, 2008 . 
2. ↑ Michael Schumacher: Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) Pallet. Raumfahrer.net, accessed September 17, 2008 . 
3. ↑ FliegerRevue February; Pp. 42-45; Mission STS 129
4. ↑ EXPRESS Racks 1 and 2. NASA, accessed September 17, 2008 .