Future civil space program logistics

The NASA Shuttle-C unmanned launch vehicle and the Shuttle/Space Station-based Orbital Maneuver Vehicle will be used in support of NASA Space Station assembly and logistics operations, as well as for the orbital servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope (1989), the Advanced X-ray Astrophysical Facility (1996), and the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (1998). Accounts are presently given of these observatories' configurations, capabilities, and mission scenarios, as well as of the Shuttle-C-based Space Station assembly sequence.