With the need for flexibility in launch configuration removed, most of these designs were subsequently dropped.
The Committee outlined a number of different potential launch configurations, grouped into three broad categories.
The launch configuration is that of three adjacent CubeSats, and as of 2011 was waiting for a piggyback launch opportunity.
However, due to delays, and the fact that solar arrays were planned for other parts of Mir, a solar array was not included in the launch configuration.
Cost: Approximately $250-350 million, depending on launch configuration.
In its launch configuration, it weighed 15,787 lb (7,161 kg).
She was unstowing all of this from its launch configuration when Malenfant called her from the zero G deck.
The Xoom's assortment of absent features will likely all be available this Summer, but the launch configuration feels like a beta release.
Four miles away, the impressive shuttle launch configuration.
It was flown to demonstrate the launch configuration for future MOL missions.