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Ground Processing and Launch Facilities • Historical examples – Early Launch Facilities – I – – Russian • Modern examples – Shuttle – IV Heavy – DC-XA

© 2018 David L. Akin - All rights reserved – http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design1 circa 1950

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design2 Map of Cape Canaveral

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design3 “ICBM Row”

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design4 LC-5 – Mercury-

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 5 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design LC-5 Emergency Crew Escape System

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 6 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Support Gantry

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 7 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design LC-14 – Mercury-Atlas

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 8 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design II Access Tower Operation

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 9 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design LC-34 Schematic

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design10 Launch Pedestal

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design11 LC-34 Launch Pedestal Under Construction

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design12 LC-34 Flame Deflector

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design13 LC-34 Blockhouse

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design14 LC-34

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design15 Aerial View of LC-34

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design16 S-I Stage Rotation

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design17 S-I Stage Rotation

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design18 Assembly of Saturn I

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design19 SA-201 Launch

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design20 LC-37 Concept

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design21 LC-37 Under Construction (1963)

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design22 LC-37 Construction Photo

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design23 Barge Transport of Stages

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design24 Aerial Transport of Stages

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design25 Saturn V Launch Facility

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design26 Cape Canaveral Siting Map

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design27 Launch Sites Considered for • Cape Canaveral • Offshore from Cape Canaveral • Mayaguana Island in the Bahamas • Cumberland Island, • A mainland site near Brownsville, • White Sands Missile Range in • Christmas Island in the mid-Pacific south of Hawaii • South Point on the island of Hawaii

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design28 Early Mobile Launch Complex Concept

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design29 Concept of an Off-Shore Launch Facility

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design30 Merritt Island Launch Area (MILA)

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design31 Map of KSC and CCAFS

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design32 Competition for MILA Launch Sites

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design33 Rail-Based Nova Launch Concept

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design34 Barge-Based Saturn V Launch Concept

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design35 Barge-Based Vertical Assembly Building

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design36 Barge-Based VAB (Enclosed)

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design37 Interior Concept of VAB

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design38 Early Construction of VAB

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design39 VAB and LCC Under Construction

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design40 VAB from Turning Basin

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design41 Interior of Launch Control Center

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design42 Interior of Launch Control Center

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design43 West Strip-Mine Coal Shovel

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design44 Crawler-Transporter

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design45 Cutaway of Crawler-Transporter

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design46 Complex 39

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design47 Saturn V Mobile Launch Platforms

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design48 MLP Transport Tests

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design49 Interior of VAB

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design50 S-IC Stage in VAB Transfer Aisle

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design51 S-IC – S-II Stacking

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design52 S-II – S-IVB Stacking

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design53 S-IVB – Instrument Unit Stacking

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design54 IU – Apollo Spacecraf Stacking

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design55 Apollo–Saturn V Completed Stack in VAB

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design56 Saturn V Hold-Down Restraints

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design57 S-1C T-0 Disconnects

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design58 Building the LC-39 Launch Pads

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design59 LC-39 Crawlerway and Stacks

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design60 SA-501 at LC-39A

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design61 Mobile Service Structure with Saturn V

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 62 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Saturn IB and “Toadstool” Launch

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 63 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design STS Fixed and Rotating Service Structure

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 64 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Complex 39 Launch Mounts

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design65 KSC LC-39 (Modern Era)

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 66 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Details of LC-39 Pads

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 67 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Expenditures for LC-39

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design68 Saturn V Vehicle Checkout Flow

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design69 Launch Vehicle Moving to Pad

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 70 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Soyuz Launch Site

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 71 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design in Horizontal Integration

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 72 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Energia Transported to Pad

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 73 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Energia at Pad

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 74 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Energia Erection

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 75 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Energia on Pad

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 76 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Shuttle Landing Facility

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 77 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Transport to Orbiter Processing Facility

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 78 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Payload Bay Inspection in OPF

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 79 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design SSME Removal/Installation

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 80 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Transfer to Vehicle Assembly Building

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 81 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Attaching Hoisting Fixtures

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 82 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Attaching Orbiter to Shuttle Stack

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 83 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Shuttle Rollout

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 84 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Delta IV Heavy Horizontal Integration

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 85 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Delta IVH Horizontal Integation Facility

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design86 Delta IV Heavy Transporter

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design87 Delta IV Heavy at LC34 Blockhouse

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design88 Delta IV Heavy Arrives at LC-34

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design89 Delta IV Heavy Module Interconnects

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design90 Delta IV Heavy at Pad

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design91 Delta IV Heavy Rotation

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design92 Delta IV Heavy Rotation

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design93 Delta IV Heavy at Pad

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design94 DC-XA on Launch Pad

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 95 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design DC-X Flight Profile

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 96 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design LC40 at KSC - SpaceX Falcon 9

U N I V E R S I T Y O F Ground Processing and Launch Facilities MARYLAND 97 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Falcon 9 v1.1 – SpaceX

U N I V E R S I T Y O F U.S. Future Launch Options MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design KSC Landing Complex 1

U N I V E R S I T Y O F U.S. Future Launch Options MARYLAND 99 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design Falcon 9 First Stage Landing

U N I V E R S I T Y O F U.S. Future Launch Options MARYLAND ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design and Starman (SpaceX)

U N I V E R S I T Y O F U.S. Future Launch Options MARYLAND 101 ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design