boilerplate

A boilerplate spacecraft, also known as a mass simulator, is a nonfunctional craft or payload that is used to test various configurations and basic size, load, and handling characteristics of rocket launch vehicles. It is far less expensive to build multiple, full-scale, non-functional boilerplate spacecraft than it is to develop the full system. In this way, boilerplate spacecraft allow components and aspects of cutting-edge aerospace projects to be tested while detailed contracts for the final project are being negotiated. These tests may be used to develop procedures for mating a spacecraft to its launch vehicle, emergency access and egress, maintenance support activities, and various transportation processes.

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  Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit ⓘ
  boilerplate of a Dragon spacecraft manufactured by SpaceX

Frameless

MercuryBP

Orion water test

MercuryBPparachuteTest

MercuryBPwaterTest

Cev mockup svmf

NASA Orion Program aboard USS San Diego (LPD 22) 2016

ASTRONAUT GRISSOM, VIRGIL I. - MERCURY SPACECRAFT - EGRESS TRAINING

An Apollo boilerplate capsule on display.

An Apollo boilerplate capsule on display.

Air Zoo December 2019 102 (El Kabong I Gemini boilerplate)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	space object	2010	Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit	Dragon, boilerplate	Wikidata
commons	image		MercuryBP		Commons
commons	image		Orion water test		Commons
commons	image		MercuryBPparachuteTest		Commons
commons	image		MercuryBPwaterTest		Commons
commons	image		Cev mockup svmf		Commons
commons	image		NASA Orion Program aboard USS San Diego (LPD 22) 2016		Commons
commons	image		ASTRONAUT GRISSOM, VIRGIL I. - MERCURY SPACECRAFT - EGRESS TRAINING		Commons
commons	image		An Apollo boilerplate capsule on display.		Commons
commons	image		An Apollo boilerplate capsule on display.		Commons
commons	image		Air Zoo December 2019 102 (El Kabong I Gemini boilerplate)		Commons