# Mate-Demate Device

> specialized crane designed to lift a Space Shuttle orbiter onto and off the back of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

**Wikidata**: [Q133420](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133420)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate-Demate_Device)  
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