Raptor Maintenance Platform Spotted Underneath Booster 7

Raptor Maintenance Platform (RMP) is a device that can be deployed on the booster 7

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side of a vehicle to provide personnel access to the boosters during launch operations

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The RMP can be used by maintenance workers to perform inspections or repairs,

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or by astronauts to access equipment and supplies located in the payload bay.

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The first RMP was deployed on Space Shuttle Endeavour in September 1993, during mission STS-63.

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There are three types of RMPs: short range,

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There are three types of RMPs: short range

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