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DALLAS (MARCH 23) - LTV Missiles and Electronics Group announced today
that its Missiles division has delivered the first reinforced carbon/carbon
''chin panel'' designed for NASA's Space Shuttle orbiter to Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. Rockwell International is the prime contractor for the Space
Shuttle orbiter.
The chin panel, like the shuttle's LTV-developed nose cap and wing leading
edges, withstands temperatures up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Protection from
the metal-melting heat is required when the orbiter makes its
17,000-mile-per-hour re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
The panel is designed to replace tiles located on the underside of the orbiter
from the nose cap to the nose wheel housing, an area covering about six square
feet.
It is the first of six units to be delivered under a $3.5 million contract that
includes research, development, certification and production of the panels.
The first specially designed chin panel is planned for use on orbital
vehicle-104, which is tentatively scheduled to be launched in the fall. In
addition to the reinforced carbon/carbon structures, LTV also developed and
built the shuttle's 1,800-square-foot radiators and flow-control assembly
system, which regulate and reject waste heat into space during orbital
operations.