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AAE 450- Propulsion LV

AAE 450- Propulsion LV. Stephen Hanna Design Analysis 02/06/01. Design considerations. Zero Altitude Safety Use On Board Thrusters Not an option spacecraft is upside down Tower Jet Ejection Capsules Zip line Constraints Third stage size  15m X 30 m Payload  ~75 Tonnes.

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AAE 450- Propulsion LV

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  1. AAE 450- Propulsion LV Stephen Hanna Design Analysis 02/06/01

  2. Design considerations • Zero Altitude Safety • Use On Board Thrusters • Not an option spacecraft is upside down • Tower Jet • Ejection Capsules • Zip line • Constraints • Third stage size  15m X 30m • Payload ~75 Tonnes

  3. Engines • RD-0120 Engine - Russian equivalent to the US Space Shuttle Main Engine, are mothballed at Baikonur. • The RD-120 is a high altitude engine used in the Zenit second stage. It was the first batch produced Russian engine to be test fired in the United States. • The RD-170 engine consists of 4 chambers, 1 turbo-pump and 2 gas generators; RD-170 uses a one-plane gimballing and used in the Energia launch vehicle strap-ons

  4. Zero Altitude Abort • Mass Total = 81,125 Kg • Mass pay = 75,000 Kg • ‘Dry Mass’ Rocket= 6,125 Kg • Mass prop = 125.55 Kg (inconsequential) • Size Rough Estimate  5m X 1m Assumption: Use Solid engine Total Safety Height to be reached 1 Km

  5. Launch site

  6. Launch Vehicle cost • Energia • Total Payload to LEO ~179 Tonnes • Mpay= 75 Tonnes • Mntr = 25 Tonnes • Mprop= 50 Tonnes • All facilities exist • $1.2 billion – $2.8 billion per launch

  7. Conclusions/ Perspective • There were five Energia super booster rocket systems built, of which three are now in storage. • Of the three Energia boosters in storage, one is  known to sit in the  massive N-1/Energia Building at the Baikonur. Two others are believed to be located elsewhere at the space port. • All are believed to have expired their life cycle. • The Energia rockets are already built, tried and tested. • To put things in perspective a single U.S shuttle launch costs over a billion dollars and carries 4x less. • Energia system is also  available for licensed production overseas and could even be built by NASA in the United States.

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