Energia pictures of Klipper mockup posted to web

Someone on Space.com listed these links to Energia graphics about the
Klipper:


http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/c...s/kliper_1.jpg

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/c...s/kliper_2.jpg

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/c...s/kliper_3.jpg

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/c...s/kliper_4.jpg

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/c...s/kliper_5.jpg


They also posted this translation of the slides:

"1:
launch mass - 13000 kg
crew - up to 6 people
cabin pressurized volume - 20 m^3
cargo mass: spacebound - 500 kg, earthbound - 500 kg, removable (?) -
200 kg
autonomous flight time - 5 days
flight time as part of orbital complex - 360 days

2:
on the top there is the additional arrow - aerodynamic shielding cover

3:
reenry capsule mass - 8800 kg
acceleration during the nominal reentry - up to 2,5 g
cabin volume - 20 m^3
crew - up to 6 people

4:
left -
capsule-like returning module
- landing to the pre-selected regions
- side manoever up to 500 km
- land landing from each orbit is possible for 80% longitude variants
of orbit ascending node
- parachute system is used
- soft landing engines are used to compensate vertical landing speed
and side speed due to winds
- ensures the survival of returning module in a case of launcher
failure
right -
aeroplane-like returning module
- lands on the pre-selected airfields
- side manoever up to 2000 km
- landing is possible for each orbit
- the survival of the returning module in a case of launcher failure
ensured by reaching an airfield

The last, 5th picture shows the Zenit launcher with Kliper spaceship
on top."


They also posted this translation of the earlier Energia photos (24 &
25):

"This unit is denoted in photo 24 as "Adapter section with launch
escape engines". Photo 25 texts, from left to right: (upper)
"Equipment compartment", "Parachute container", "Cockpit module",
"Service module", "Docking module", (lower) "Electrochemical
generator", "Hull", "Fuel storage and supply unit", "Utility module"
(hmm, not sure what does 'bytovoi' mean here)."

http://www.photocenter.ru/myphoto/fi...LBrsAAAAE.html



Rusty Barton
Sacramento, CA