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ULA Briefing to National Research Council Ground and Launch ULAULA BriefingBriefing toto NationalNational ResearchResearch CouncilCouncil GroundGround andand LaunchLaunch SystemsSystems RoadmapRoadmap MarchMarch 23,23, 20112011 BernardBernard KutterKutter ManagerManager AdvancedAdvanced ProgramsPrograms File no . Copyright © 2011 United Launch Alliance, LLC. All Rights Reserved. EELV Launch Operations Consolidation Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida Shuttle 39a 39b 39a 39b Delta IV 37 6 Atlas V 41 3E Titan IV 40 41 4E Atlas V Space Launch Complex 41 Delta IV Space Launch Complex 37B Atlas II 36A 36B 3E Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California Delta II 17A 17B 2 17B 2 Titan II 4W ER WR ER WR Heritage Current Launch Sites Launch Sites (post 2010) Atlas V Space Launch Complex 3E Delta IV Space Launch Complex 6 EELV and formation of ULA enabled the reduction of Ten Heritage Launch Complexes to Four File no . | 1 Heritage Facility Utilization Atlas II/III Processing Flow—SLC36A/B CENTAUR HANGAR K 17 Support VEHICLE Receiving & Inspection Staging Areas Facilities Facilities ITAR Offices - w/o SV Processing ADAPTERS CENTAUR BOOSTER VEHICLE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS MOBILE SERVICE HANGAR J TOWER Receiving & Inspection Integration Battery Lab BOOSTER IPACT WDR ILS Modular Spacecraft Mate Office Area CERT HANGAR F Launch Viewing Area GFP Material Stores LOF Modular Office Area UMBILICAL TOWER SLC-36A ITL WAREHOUSE Launch Spares HANGAR AE Logistics MISSION DIRECTOR’S CENTER COMPLEX 36 BLOCKHOUSE LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER E & A Engineering Support SLC36 SUPPORT MRL BUILDING Ready Room Cost Management Operations Offices Management Offices UMBILICAL TOWER SLC-36B Launch File no . | 2 Current Facility Utilization Atlas V Processing Flow - SLC-41 CENTAUR Receiving & Inspection VIP Viewing VEHICLE Launch Control Center ILS Offices ATLAS Communications Center Mission Director’s Center SPACEFLIGHT Battery Lab Spacecraft Control Room OPERATIONS Administrative Offices ITAR Facility Material Stores Conference Center ADAPTERS CENTER CENTAUR BOOSTER SOLID ROCKET VEHICLE BOOSTERS BOOSTER VERTICAL INTEGRATION FACILITY 3 Support LAUNCH COMPLEX 41 Facilities Integration - w/o SV Processing LVRT Spacecraft Mate IST MOBILE LAUNCH PLATFORM (MLP) Consolidation Reduced Cost While Improving Through-Put File no . | 3 Atlas V Launch Operations Clean-pad concept Consolidated facilities & data handling Stationized, automated & repeatable launch processing Digital procedures with work database World-class launch control center and customer support facility Maximize standardization between east and SLC41 VIF west coast Line of Sight ASOC File no . | 4 Technology Opportunity Technology requirements/benefits very dependant on launch system architecture Atlas V and Delta IV implemented modern ground systems –Substantial cost/schedule reduction –Designed into Atlas V and Delta IV architecture Ground and launch processing represent 22% of EELV personal Ground and Launch Processing Offer Modest Further Opportunity for Technology Benefit File no . | 5 Cryogenic Propellant Sub-Cooling Thermodynamic Cryogenic Subcooling Extend vent free orbital duration Reduced launch mass Compressor –Higher mass fraction CPS • Simpler thermal protection TCS HX: NASA Advanced CFM Tank + TCS Insulation: Pump Courtesy NASA GSFC Integrate Sub -Cooling System with Launch Site and Vehicle File no . | 6 Water Acoustic Suppression Water layer sprayed on the plume dampens the shear mixing layer –Impedance miss match layer reducing reflection from the deck –Water layer seals acoustic emission energy Enhanced water acoustic suppression –Enable reduced launch vehicle acoustic environment –Especially important for heavy lift File no . | 7 Space Based Range Reduce cost and enhance capability GPS Metric Tracking –Reduction of range tracking radars Enhanced Flight Termination System –Secure update to command destruct system –Open air, noninterference system test capability Data Relay Advanced Telemetry Constellation –Elimination of down range receivers –Enhanced end-to-end mission video, bandwidth, coverage & time correlation GPS Constellation File no . | 8 Current signature Characterization Improved reliability –Characterize current controlled devices preflight • Evaluate health • Determine trend to failure –Ability to separate multiple signatures • Account for environmental effects –Ability to see: change in state, level, complex signature, frequency effects Sample Valves Example Anomalies File no . | 9 Expert Systems Ground C3 Automation Automated Data Monitoring System ( ADMS ) –Automate vehicle and ground telemetry GC3 system In the process of adapting ADMS to Delta GC3 Expert Systems can mine enhance capability from existing systems –Diagnose and isolate a faults –Enhance reliability –Examples of ground system errors: • Inadvertent fuel spillage • Over differential pressurization of vehicle tanks • Over heating of He pressurization bottles File no . | 10 Summary Ground and launch system processing technology benefit is architecture specific –Atlas V and Delta IV took advantage of state of the art technology Ground and launch processing offer modest opportunity for technology benefit –Sub cooling to enhance orbital performance –Enhanced water suppression –Space based range –Expert system automation File no . | 11.
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