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RIDESHARE PAYLOAD USER’S GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Rideshare Payload User’s Guide Purpose .............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Company Description ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Rideshare Program Overview ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Falcon 9 Program ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.5 Pricing ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 2 PERFORMANCE .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Mass Properties .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Launch Windows ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Separation Attitude and Accuracy ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.4 Separation Rates and Velocity.................................................................................................................................................................. 5 2.5 Payload Maneuvers and Deployments ................................................................................................................................................... 6 3 ENVIRONMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.1 Transportation Environments ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Cleanroom Environments .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Flight Environments .................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.3.1 Loads .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 3.3.2 Sine Vibration .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.3.3 Acoustic ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3.4 Shock ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 3.3.5 Random Vibration .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3.6 Electromagnetic ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 3.3.7 Fairing Internal Pressure .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 3.3.8 Payload Temperature Exposure During Flight ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.3.9 Free Molecular Heating ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 3.3.10 Payload Conductive Boundary Temperatures ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.3.11 Contamination ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 3.4 Environmental Verification Testing ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.4.1 Verification Approach ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.4.2 Documentation Requirements .................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.4.3 Payload Unit Test Levels .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 3.4.4 Containerized CubeSat Unit Test Levels ................................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.4.5 Metallic Structure Unit Test Levels ............................................................................................................................................................................ 20 3.4.6 Functional Testing Requirements .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20 4 INTERFACES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21 4.1 Mechanical Interfaces .............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 4.1.1 Launch Vehicle Coordinate Frame ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 4.1.2 Launch Vehicle Fairing.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 © Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 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No U.S. Export Controlled Data. ii RIDESHARE PAYLOAD USER’S GUIDE 4.1.3 Payload Coordinate Frame .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 4.1.4 Mechanical Interface Ring ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 4.1.5 Payload Available Volume ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 4.1.6 Mechanical Interface Compatibility ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26 4.2 Electrical Interface ...................................................................................................................................................................................