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LAUNCH OPERATIONS

LAUNCH OPERATIONS. Based on the Propulsion Analysis, A Multiple Launch Scenario Is Necessary To Place A Sufficient Amount of LH2 Into Orbit A “three-launch-scenario”, or 3LS, operations scheme has been developed involving: 2 Delta IV-Heavy configurations

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LAUNCH OPERATIONS

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  1. LAUNCH OPERATIONS • Based on the Propulsion Analysis, A Multiple Launch • Scenario Is Necessary To Place A Sufficient Amount of LH2 • Into Orbit • A “three-launch-scenario”, or 3LS, operations scheme has • been developed involving: • 2 Delta IV-Heavy configurations • 1 Atlas V-552 configuration

  2. LAUNCH OPERATIONS Insert launch ops diagram here (high quality)

  3. LAUNCH OPERATIONS FOR THE 3LS TO BE EFFECTIVE, CERTAIN UPGRADES WILL NEED TO BE MADE TO SLC-37.

  4. LAUNCH OPERATIONS UPGRADES 1) Rebuilding of SLC-37A Pad To Accommodate Delta IV Family SLC-37A SLC-37B

  5. 76.8-m 107.6-m LAUNCH OPERATIONS UPGRADES 2) Upgrading HIF To Allow Parallel Processing of Delta IV-Heavy Vehicles

  6. LAUNCH OPERATIONS JUSTIFICATION OF DELTA IV VEHICLE PROCESSING TIME • By 2003 standards, the Delta IV vehicle has a maximum flight • rate of 17 per year, translating into a launch every 21 days • Each vehicle currently spends approximately • 15 days within the HIF • 6 days at the pad The proposed facility upgrades, coupled with the fact that the payloads for each vehicle are identical, should allow for multiple Delta IV-H vehicles to be processed in parallel within a similar time frame.

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