Table 3-4. Uses of Military Support Devices POSSIBLE MISSION SPS ADAPTER OR USE ABBREVIATION OR ELEMENT Propellant supply — Attitude control systems at LEO base, GEO base, and power satellites; propellant depots Electrical power — LEO base, GEO base, COTV, power satellite Remote (beamed) power — Microwave power beam, laser power beam Supplies — Materials stockpiles at LEO, GEO Shelter, services, S 3 LEO living/working quarters and supplies GEO living/working quarters Manpower — SPS (civilian) personnel, military troops Deployment, retrieval, DRMR OTV, SV maintenance, and repair Maintenance and repair MR GEO construction base Navigation NAV Beacons, transponders sleeping quarters. Examples of services which could be provided to military personnel include medical treatment, repair of military equipment and satellites, data processing support, and communications. Supplies which would be readily available include oxygen, water, food, power, and perhaps additional manpower. Although repair is also included in the S3 category, other elements of the SPS system could also be used to deploy, retrieve, maintain, and repair (DRMR) various military spacecraft. One facility ideally suited to perform this function would be the orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) or the sortie vehicles (SVs) used for on-orbit construction work. Similarly, the GEO construction base would have many facilities to maintain and repair (MR) spacecraft which had been retrieved by the OTVs.
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