Ground Processing and Launch Facilities • Historical examples – Early Launch Facilities – Saturn I – Saturn V – Russian • Modern examples – Shuttle – Delta IV Heavy – DC-XA 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 Cape Canaveral 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-Redstone 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 Atlas 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 Titan 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 Saturn I 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 Service Structure 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 Saturn I Erection Process 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 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 Design17 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 Design18 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 Design19 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 Design20 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 Design21 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 Design22 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 Design23 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 Design24 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 Design25 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 Design26 Barge Transport of Launch Vehicle 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 Design27 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 Design28 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 Design29 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 Design30 Launch Sites Considered for Apollo • Cape Canaveral • Offshore from Cape Canaveral • Mayaguana Island in the Bahamas • Cumberland Island, Georgia • A mainland site near Brownsville, Texas • White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico • 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 Design31 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 Design32 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 Design33 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 Design34 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 Design35 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 Design36 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 Design37 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 Design38 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 Design39 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 Design40 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 Design41 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 Design42 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 Design43 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 Design44 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 Design45 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 Design46 Early Concept of Mobile Launch Platform 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 West Virginia 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 Design48 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 Design49 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 Design50 Complex 39 Crawlerway 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 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 Design52 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 Design53 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 Design54 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 Design55 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 Design56 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 Design57 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 Design58 IU – Apollo Spacecraft 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 Design59 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 Design60 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 Design61 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 Design62 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 Design63 LC-39 Crawlerway and Stacks U N I V E