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DragonLab spec sheets (PDF)....
That doc has the electrical, environmental and other specs.
DragonLab, based on the Dragon crew/carg spacecraft, will do robotic military and science missions with an on-orbit duration of up to 2 years. Think of it as a potential wingless X-37B or mini automated space station.
Cargo: 3,000 kg pressurized in a 10 m3 space, and 3,000 kg unpressurized in 14 to 34 m3 of space. Some of this can be satellites, this in addition to up to 8 other satellites that can be separately deployed by the MVac 2nd stage of its Falcon 9 booster. At the 2009 AIAA conference it was strongly hinted that a robotic arm/manipulator was in the works.
After the missions it can return up to 3,000 kg of experiments in the pressurized pressure hull.
2 missions are manifested, but neither lists who the customers are
Large image shows detail of sensor bay....
That doc has the electrical, environmental and other specs.
DragonLab, based on the Dragon crew/carg spacecraft, will do robotic military and science missions with an on-orbit duration of up to 2 years. Think of it as a potential wingless X-37B or mini automated space station.
Cargo: 3,000 kg pressurized in a 10 m3 space, and 3,000 kg unpressurized in 14 to 34 m3 of space. Some of this can be satellites, this in addition to up to 8 other satellites that can be separately deployed by the MVac 2nd stage of its Falcon 9 booster. At the 2009 AIAA conference it was strongly hinted that a robotic arm/manipulator was in the works.
After the missions it can return up to 3,000 kg of experiments in the pressurized pressure hull.
2 missions are manifested, but neither lists who the customers are
Large image shows detail of sensor bay....