Orbital Maneuvering System

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The Orbital Maneuvering System was the Space Shuttle’s pair of rear-mounted rocket engines used for orbital insertion, adjustment, and deorbit burns.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle subsystem ⓘ
rocket engine system ⓘ
spacecraft propulsion system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs OMS ⓘ
control commanded from the orbiter cockpit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
engineDesignation AJ10-190 ⓘ
engineType pressure-fed rocket engine ⓘ
firstFlightOn STS-1 ⓘ
fuel monomethylhydrazine ⓘ
hasPart left OMS pod ⓘ
right OMS pod ⓘ
heritage derived from earlier AJ10 engine family ⓘ
ignitionType hypergolic ignition ⓘ
integratedWith orbiter aft fuselage structure ⓘ
locationRelativeToSSME outboard of the Space Shuttle Main Engines ⓘ
manufacturer Aerojet ⓘ
linked to: Aerojet Rocketdyne
mountingLocation aft fuselage of Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
on each side of the vertical stabilizer ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
oxidizer dinitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
partOf Space Shuttle ⓘ
propellantType hypergolic bipropellant ⓘ
replacedBy orbital maneuvering systems on later spacecraft such as Orion and commercial vehicles ⓘ
restartCapability multiple restarts in orbit ⓘ
retired 2011 ⓘ
roleInMissionProfile performed deorbit burn prior to reentry ⓘ
provided final orbital insertion after main engine cutoff ⓘ
safetyFeature redundant dual-pod configuration ⓘ
serviceEntry 1981 ⓘ
specificImpulseVacuum about 316 seconds ⓘ
status no longer in operational use ⓘ
storedPropellants in tanks within each OMS pod ⓘ
thrustVacuum about 26.7 kilonewtons per engine ⓘ
usedFor deorbit burns ⓘ
major velocity change maneuvers in orbit ⓘ
orbit adjustment burns ⓘ
orbit circularization burns ⓘ
orbital insertion burns ⓘ
orbital plane change maneuvers ⓘ
usedOnVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ
usedWith Reaction Control System ⓘ
Space Shuttle Main Engine ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Shuttle orbiter → propulsionType → Orbital Maneuvering System ⓘ
OMS → standsFor → Orbital Maneuvering System ⓘ
AJ10-190 → usedOn → Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System ⓘ
linked to: Orbital Maneuvering System
AJ10-190 → partOf → Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System engine pod ⓘ
linked to: Orbital Maneuvering System
Aerojet AJ10 engine family → usedOn → Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System ⓘ
linked to: Orbital Maneuvering System
Aerojet AJ10 engine family → usedOn → Space Shuttle OMS pod ⓘ
linked to: Orbital Maneuvering System