Boeing Inertial Upper Stage
The Boeing-developed Inertial Upper Stage was an expendable two-stage solid-propellant upper stage used with Space Shuttle and Titan launch systems. A specially configured IUS transferred Chandra from Columbia's parking orbit toward its highly elliptical operational orbit.
Identity
- Aliases
- IUSSpace Shuttle Inertial Upper Stage
- Family Name
- Inertial Upper Stage
- Full Name
- Boeing Inertial Upper Stage
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- boeing-inertial-upper-stage
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- The Boeing-developed Inertial Upper Stage was an expendable two-stage solid-propellant upper stage used with Space Shuttle and Titan launch systems. A specially configured IUS transferred Chandra from Columbia's parking orbit toward its highly elliptical operational orbit.
- Manufacturer Id
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- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
Links
- Official Url
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20000023158
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/17/2026, 1:15:24 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/17/2026, 1:15:24 AM