payload bay

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payload
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ləʊd/us
/ˈpeɪ.loʊd/
the amount of goods or people that a vehicle, such as a truck or aircraft, ...
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bay
noun[C]
uk
/beɪ/us
/beɪ/
a part of the coast where the land curves in so that the sea is surrounded by land on ...
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(Definition ofpayloadandbayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One test showed that optical fibers could provide video and audio links between the flight deck and thepayloadbay.
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As part of the sophisticated experiments, five spacecraft or satellites were deployed from thepayloadbay, and one was retrieved later during the mission.
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An internalpayloadbayhas a capacity of 70 kg.
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The airlock had an additional hatch into thepayloadbay.
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Repairs were done on pre-damaged samples of heat shield materials brought into space on a special pallet in thepayloadbayof the shuttle.
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It was stored in the midsection of thepayloadbay.
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The name of the orbiter was inscribed not on thepayloadbaydoors, but on the forward fuselage just below and behind the cockpit windows.
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The debris punctured the orbiter'spayloadbaybulkhead leading to the main engine compartment, damaging wiring trays and payload bay thermal insulation blankets.
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Atlantis spayloadbaydoors were opened about 90 minutes into the flight, followed by a go for on-orbit operations.
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The systems would be installed in the centralpayloadbay.
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One experiment, mounted in thepayloadbay, was only termed partially successful.
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Various drawings show apayloadbaytwelve feet long and perhaps five feet diameter.
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Mission controllers saw the spatula float away over the port side of the shuttlepayloadbay.
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It was created to accommodate small attached payloads in the space shuttlepayloadbay.
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The side-mount carrier was usually installed in the forward starboard side of thepayloadbay, although other configurations and locations were possible.
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Two mostly symmetrical lengthwisepayloadbaydoors hinged on either side of the bay comprise its entire top.
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The canister was shaped like the shuttle's 60ft m-longpayloadbay.
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Internal details of the mock-up are not remarkably accurate, though the size and scope of thepayloadbayis correct.
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