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Launch Vehicle Selection Spring Cannon Launch Vehicle Alternatives

March 26, 2009. Launch Vehicle Selection Spring Cannon Launch Vehicle Alternatives. Zarinah Blockton Mission Ops~Group Earth to LEO~Phase. [Blockton] [OPS]. Mission Configuration – 100 gram. [Blockton] [OPS]. Launch Vehicle Dnepr-1 Rocket

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Launch Vehicle Selection Spring Cannon Launch Vehicle Alternatives

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  1. March 26, 2009 Launch Vehicle SelectionSpring Cannon Launch Vehicle Alternatives ZarinahBlockton Mission Ops~Group Earth to LEO~Phase [Blockton] [OPS]

  2. Mission Configuration – 100 gram [Blockton] [OPS] • Launch Vehicle • Dnepr-1 Rocket • Converted intercontinental ballistic missile • Operated by the International Space Company Kosmotras • Selected because of its low cost and high mission reliability

  3. Low Earth Orbit Performance 300 kg 900 km [Blockton] [OPS]

  4. [Blockton] [OPS] • Launch Site • BaikonurCosmodrome, Kazakhstan • Although launch site is substantial distance north of the equator, launch performance and cost retain attractiveness • Insert Map/Picture/Diagram of Launch Facilities

  5. Mission Configuration – 10 kilogram [Blockton] [OPS] • Launch Vehicle • Dnepr-1 Rocket • BaikonurCosmodrome, Kazakhstan

  6. Mission Configuration – Arbitrary [Blockton] [OPS] • Launch Vehicle • Falcon 9 • Designed by Space ExplorationTechnologies (SpaceX), USA • Although vehicle has not flown, mission reliability looks promising • Reduced stages • Simplified turbopump engines • Selected because it achieved lowest cost per kilogram to Low Lunar Orbit (LLO)

  7. Low Earth Orbit Performance 9953 kg 400 km [Blockton] [OPS]

  8. [Blockton] [OPS] • Launch Site • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida • Insert Map/Picture/Diagram of Launch Facilities

  9. Design Alternative - Locomotion [Blockton] [OPS] • Spring Cannon • Ground Launch • 45° initial angle • Eliminated because g-force at launch exceeds Space Ball’s structural capability

  10. G force at Launch Spring Length for 30 g Take-off 540 km 18 m spring 18 km 118 g’s G force upon Landing 721 km 30 g’s [Blockton] [OPS]

  11. Back-up Slides Alternative Launch Vehicles - 100 gram, 10 kilogram payload cases • Insert here [Blockton] [OPS] <11>

  12. Alternative Launch Vehicles – Arbitrary Payload Case Performance [Blockton] [OPS] <12>

  13. Alternative Launch Vehicles – Arbitrary Payload Case Cost [Blockton] [OPS]

  14. [Blockton] [OPS] • Spring Calculation • PE = ½*k*x2 • KE = PE • KE = ½*m*v2 • Vyf = Vy0 – gmoon*t • ∆x = VX0*t • Insert additional spring figures

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