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Jeff Patton , Mike Holguin Agenda Jeff Patton , Mike Holguin Agenda ULA Background ULA Human Certification Work to Date Atlas V for Commercial Crew Launch Delta IV-H for EFT-1 4 April 2012 | 1 ULA Background Copyright © 2012 United Launch Alliance, LLC. 4 April 2012 | 2 Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. What is United Launch Alliance? Two world-class launch systems operating as a single provider to the U.S. Government –Atlas V, Delta II and Delta IV product lines 50/50 joint Lockheed Martin/Boeing ownership Represents nearly a century of combined experience in expendable launch systems & providing assured access to space – Pooled experience of more than 1,300 launches – Legacy reaching back to the 1950s Strengthened ability to ensure mission success Our EELVs are flight proven, qualified, and highly reliable, which lowers cost and technical risk Provides assured access via two independent systems Reduced costs – Consolidated industrial base – Integrated streamlined management Mission Success Comes From an Experienced Team 4 April 2012 | 3 Family Album 58 Launches, 100% Mission Success, One Launch at a Time 4 April 2012 | 4 100% Mission Success – 58 for 58 NROL-21 - 12/14/06 - Delta II GPS IIR-21 - 8/17/09 - Delta II Most Recent Launches THEMIS - 2/17/07 - Delta II PAN - 9/8/09 - Atlas V STP-1 - 3/8/07 - Atlas V STSS Demo - 9/25/09 - Delta II COSMO-1 - 6/7/07 - Delta II WorldView-2 - 10/8/09 - Delta II Atlas V NROL-30 - 6/15/07 - Atlas V DMSP F18 - 10/18/09 – Atlas V MSL Phoenix - 8/4/07 - Delta II Intelsat-14 - 11/23/09 – Atlas V 11/26/11 Worldview-1 - 9/18/07 - Delta II WGS-3 - 12/5/09 – Delta IV Dawn - 9/27/07 - Delta II WISE - 12/14/09 – Delta II WGS-1 - 10/10/07 - Atlas V SDO - 2/11/10 – Atlas V GPS IIR-17 - 10/17/07 - Delta II GOES-P - 3/4/10 – Delta IV DSP-23 - 11/10/07 - Delta IV OTV-1 - 4/22/10 – Atlas V COSMO-2 - 12/8/07 - Delta II GPS IIF SV-1 - 5/27/10 – Delta IV NROL-24 - 12/10/07 - Atlas V AEHF-1 - 8/14/10 – Atlas V GPS IIR-18 - 12/20/07 - Delta II NROL-41 - 9/20/10 – Atlas V NROL -28 - 3/13/08 - Atlas V COSMO -4 - 11/5/10 - Delta II Delta IV GPS IIR-19 - 3/15/08 - Delta II NROL-32 - 11/21/10 – Delta IV WGS-4 ICO G1 - 4/14/08 - Atlas V NROL-49 – 1/20/11 – Delta IV 1/19/12 GLAST - 6/11/08 - Delta II OTV-2 – 3/5/11 – Atlas V OSTM - 6/20/08 - Delta II NROL-27 – 3/11/11 – Delta IV GeoEye - 9/6/08 - Delta II NROL-34 – 4/14/11 – Atlas V COSMO-3 - 10/24/08 - Delta II SBIRS GEO-1 – 5/7/11 – Atlas V NROL-26 - 1/17/09 - Delta IV Aquarius/SAC-D - 6/10/11 – Delta II NOAA-N' - 2/6/09 - Delta II GPS IIF-2 - 7/16/11 - Delta IV Kepler - 3/6/09 - Delta II Juno - 8/5/11 – Atlas V GPS IIR-20 - 3/24/09 - Delta II GRAIL - 9/10/11 – Delta II Atlas V WGS-2 - 4/3/09 - Atlas V NPP - 10/28/11 – Delta II MUOS-1 STSS ATRR - 5/5/09 - Delta II MSL - 11/26/11 – Atlas V 2/24/12 LRO/LCROSS - 6/18/09 – Atlas V WGS-4 – 1/19/12 – Delta IV GOES-O - 6/27/09 – Delta IV MUOS-1 – 2/24/12 – Atlas V National Security NASA/Civil Commercial 4 April 2012 | 5 Atlas V Launch of MUOS 2/24/12 launch of MOUS marked several notable milestones –611th launch of an Atlas vehicle –200th Centaur –29th Atlas V launch –100 successful Atlas Centaur missions since March 1993 –58th launch for ULA 4 April 2012 | 6 ULA Human Certification Work to Date Copyright © 2012 United Launch Alliance, LLC. 4 April 2012 | 7 Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. Atlas & Delta Capabilities to Support Human Spaceflight and Exploration Atlas & Delta heritage flying crew dates back to Mercury/Atlas and Gemini/Titan Atlas & Delta systems have evolved to provide reliable assured access for critical NASA, Air Force and NRO missions In 2002 NASA selected Atlas V and Delta IV to launch the crewed Orbital Space Plane based on: –Robust, flexible designs –Reliability (Calculated and demonstrated) –Evolutionary Development approach that minimized historical launch vehicle first flight risk Existing, flight proven Atlas V & Delta IV can meet NASA Human Space Flight and Exploration Needs 4 April 2012 | 8 ULA Experience with Human Certification Involved with NASA and commercial human certification launch studies over the past 10 years –Orbital Space Plane, NASA Exploration Launch Studies, NASA CE&R studies, NASA ESAS studies, Bigelow, NASA COTS, FAA studies –Input to NASA Human Rating Requirements (8705.2A and 2B, 1100 Series) Flight experience key to human certification –Detailed understanding of system behavior and environments • System margins and risks • Precise abort criteria for Emergency Detection System (EDS) –Non-crewed missions retire risk prior to first crewed mission Human certification is the interaction between requirements and in-depth systems knowledge best gained with Flight Experience 4 April 2012 | 9 System-Level Crew Safety Emergency Detection Reliability • Monitor Critical Systems • Demonstrated Reliability Using Independent Fault- tolerant Failure Sensing • Experienced People & System Proven Management Commercial Systems Crew • Abort Commands Spaceflight • Single Fault-tolerant • Fly Instrumentation on All Approach Systems Missions • Already Know Our Envts & • Robust Vehicle Design Intact Abort Capability In-family Characteristics for • Vehicle Characterization Developing EDS • Rigorous, Closed-loop Intact Abort Capability Test-as-you Fly • Catastrophic LV Failures Processes Minimized • Benign Abort Environments • Black Zones Eliminated Common Sense System-Level Approach to Achieve Crew Safety 4 April 2012 | 10 Atlas V for Commercial Crew Launch Copyright © 2012 United Launch Alliance, LLC. 4 April 2012 | 11 Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. Atlas V for Commercial Crew Launch The Nation trusts ULA and Atlas V to launch crucial NSS and NASA missions Atlas represents over 50 years of launch vehicle experience Atlas is the only NASA Category 3 vehicle available for Crew Launch Atlas V selected by three of the four CCDev contractors to provide launch services – Significant progress towards Human Certification via the ULA Unfunded Space Act Agreement with NASA – ULA is demonstrating that Atlas V Meets or Exceeds the Intent of NASA Human Spaceflight Certification requirements The existing, flight proven Atlas V launch vehicle can provide safe, reliable and affordable launch services with the earliest ILC for a Crew Launch Program 4 April 2012 | 12 ULA Support of Commercial Crew Program CCDev1 – Significant progress on the development of the Emergency Detection System – Preliminary integration of Space Vehicle Partners CCDev2 – Supporting NASA Funded Spacecraft Partners • Sierra Nevada Corporation • Blue Origin • Boeing – NASA Unfunded Space Act Agreement • Establishes Atlas V baseline for human certification • ULA to gain access to NASA’s expertise • NASA gains access to technical information on the Atlas V capability for human spaceflight • Atlas V Meets or Exceeds the Intent of NASA Human Spaceflight Certification requirements 4 April 2012 | 13 CCDev1 EDS Prototype Demonstration Experience Demonstration and prototyping effort was successful in proving existing technology can be used to perform fault detection and abort initiation Fault Coverage Assessment level of detail and approach between ULA and NASA were in synch NASA CATS team and Crewed SC provider participation in architecture development and FCA yielded mutual benefits – Advanced ULA’s Understanding Human Spaceflight and Crew Safety considerations – Advanced NASA’s Understanding of EELV configurations, design and processes Integration of Multiple SC providers requirements into a single system implementation process pathfinder was initiated – CCDev1 subcontracts to several SC prime contractor candidates provided pathfinder for future efforts Prototype Development, Demo & Fault Coverage Assessment Provided Understanding How Human Spaceflight & Crew Safety will integrate within EELV architecture and operations 4 April 2012 | 14 CCDev2 Unfunded Space Act Agreement Scope Launch Vehicle Common Elements 1. Human Space Flight Certification/Systems Engineering • DER, Hazard Analysis, PRA, Systems Engineering Plan 2. Emergency Detection System • EDS and DAS prototype development, Common avionics / SIL integration 3. Dual Engine Centaur • Propulsion, EMA’s integration, production/launch site integration 4. Crewed Spacecraft Structural Accommodations 5. Launch Site Accommodations • Crew Ingress/Emergency egress, HSF requirements assessment 4 April 2012 | 15 CCDev2 Unfunded SAA Milestone Status Launch Vehicle Certification Kickoff Review - July 2011 Conduct kickoff to present program expectations and program plan. Design Equivalency Review (DER) Summary Review - ULA will present a briefing of Atlas V systems requirements and certification process development. ULA Documentation provided for review includes, but is not limited to: Decomposition results of system level assessment; Allocation of July- relevant requirements to Launch Vehicle; Preliminary Disposition of September 2011 relevant requirements by affected functional area Subject Matter Experts from all functional areas affected by the CTS Requirements; and ULA Launch Vehicle CTS Certification Process Description. Definition of concept and trade study parameters for key design activities required for CTS. Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Review - Review PRA for Launch Vehicle and Safety Critical Support Systems. Includes Explosion July - November 2011 Modeling, System Hazard Analysis and Report, and revised Fault Coverage Characteristics. 4 April 2012 | 16 CCDev2 Unfunded SAA Milestone Status (concl) Tailored System Requirements Review (SRR) – ULA shall conduct a Tailored SRR of the system requirements for Atlas V ULA Documentation provided for review includes, but is not limited to: November - December Common Element CTS Certification Impacts Description, Draft Hazard 2011 Report; Draft System Safety Report; PRA Summary; Common Elements Requirements Review. Results of key design trade studies required for CTS.
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