GAS Can & GAS CAP The Get Away Special Canister and GAS Complex Autonomous Payload are systems attached to either site of the US Shuttle cargo bay. For the GAS CAP the maximum ejection mass is about 90 kg. Payloads can either be returned with the Shuttle or ejected into LEO. Hitchhiker System This system is a combination of the GAS systems (various configurations of GAS Can and GAS CAPs). The maximum mass for the payloads is about 900 kg. SPAS SPAS (Shuttle PAllet Satellite) system is made up of the same basic structural elements as Eureca and is capable of carrying up to 900 kg of payload. Atlas 2 & Delta 2 With US Delta and Atlas launchers, the piggy-back system can launch 200 to 500 kg. RUSSIA (CIS) With Russian launchers, piggy-back options are: • Resurs system (variant of the Vostok manned capsule) • Foton Capsules • RAPUNZEL piggy-back system for deployment of tethered satellite or re-entry capsule (Rope attached piggy-back unit zooming on environmental data at low cost). These capsules are able to support a range of piggy-back launch opportunities in a Low Earth Orbit.
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