Landing Gear
System
- Overview
- The landing gear system on the orbiter is a conventional aircraft
tricycle configuration consisting of a nose landing gear and a left
and right main landing gear.
- Main Landing Gear Brakes
- Each of the orbiter's four main landing gear wheels has electrohydraulic
disc brakes and an anti-skid system.
- Nose Wheel Steering
- The orbiter nose wheel is steerable after nose wheel touchdown at
landing.
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