Mobile Transporter

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The Mobile Transporter is a railcar-like platform on the International Space Station that moves along the station’s truss to position astronauts, equipment, and the robotic arm for construction and maintenance tasks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mobile Transporter canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ISS mobile base system element ⓘ
space station component ⓘ
associatedWithProgram International Space Station Program ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
canTranslate along ISS truss ⓘ
between work sites ⓘ
controlledBy ISS crew ⓘ
ground controllers ⓘ
designedFor external ISS operations ⓘ
on-orbit assembly ⓘ
on-orbit maintenance ⓘ
enables access to multiple truss segments ⓘ
efficient logistics along truss ⓘ
safe positioning of astronauts during EVAs ⓘ
wide work envelope for Canadarm2 ⓘ
hasComponent brakes ⓘ
data umbilicals ⓘ
power umbilicals ⓘ
railcar-like platform ⓘ
trucks ⓘ
utility connections ⓘ
hasRailType Mobile Transporter rails ⓘ
hasShape railcar-like platform ⓘ
locatedOn Integrated Truss Structure ⓘ
S0 truss segment ⓘ
movesAlong ISS truss rails ⓘ
operationalEnvironment microgravity ⓘ
partOf International Space Station ⓘ
poweredBy ISS electrical power system ⓘ
provides mechanical support for Mobile Base System ⓘ
translation capability for Mobile Base System ⓘ
requires latching to work sites ⓘ
power and data connections from ISS ⓘ
supports Canadarm2 ⓘ
Mobile Base System ⓘ
supportsActivity extravehicular activity ⓘ
payload handling ⓘ
solar array maintenance ⓘ
truss assembly ⓘ
usedFor positioning astronauts ⓘ
positioning equipment ⓘ
positioning robotic arm ⓘ
space station construction tasks ⓘ
space station maintenance tasks ⓘ
worksWith Canadarm2 robotic arm ⓘ
linked to: Canadarm2

External Stowage Platforms ⓘ
Mobile Base System ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Mobile Base System → mountedOn → Mobile Transporter ⓘ
STS-110 → payload → Mobile Transporter ⓘ