Boilerplate (spaceflight)
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boilerplate-spaceflight-208-5137816
title:
Boilerplate (spaceflight)
text:
A boilerplate spacecraft, also known as a mass simulator, is a nonfunctional craft or payload that is used to test various configurations and basic size, load, and handling characteristics of rocket launch vehicles. It is far less expensive to build multiple, full-scale, non-functional boilerplate spacecraft than it is to develop the full system. In this way, boilerplate spacecraft allow components and aspects of cutting-edge aerospace projects to be tested while detailed contracts for the final
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Nonfunctional spacecraft or payload
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_(spaceflight)
date created:
2006-06-28T23:55:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T08:16:19Z
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