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

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