The first of the external stowage platforms, called ESP-1, was installed on the port side trunnion pin on the outer hull of the Destiny Laboratory Module on March 13, 2001 during the second EVA of the STS-102 Space Shuttle mission. It is powered by the Unity Module and has two attach points to store ORUs.
ESP-1 was carried into orbit on the underside of an Integrated Cargo Carrier. It is smaller than the other ESPs and ELCs, with dimensions approximately 0.46 m wide by 2.4 m long, and is differently shaped.
ESP-1 holds the following ORUs: FRAM-1 Pump Flow Control System (PFCS) nicknamed ‘Leaky’ from ITS-P6 was swapped out during an EVA on Exp. 55 May 18, 2018 with the PFCS nicknamed ‘Frosty’ originally added here by the STS-102 crew and FRAM-2 Direct-Current Switching Unit (DCSU) added by STS-100 crew
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Designer Notes
Part count: bricks, lots.
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