Start Date
4-1984 8:00 AM
Description
This paper presents partial results of a ground operations study for a series of Shuttle Derived Vehicles (SDV's). The paper covers hardware and operational impacts for Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) resulting from processing any one of three different SDV configurations while maintaining Space Transportation System (STS) operations.
The SDV configurations were assembled from Shuttle-type hardware (e.g., Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's), External Tanks (ET's), Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME's) and Orbiter subsystems). One configuration incorporates a side mounted payload carrier/ propulsion module similar to the Orbiter on STS. A second configuration incorporates an inline payload carrier and propulsion module. The third configuration is the STS vehicle with an additional payload shroud structure located aft of the ET with approximately the same volume as the Orbiter Payload Bay.
For each launch vehicle (LV) configuration and associated payloads, the paper presents the launch site impacts including new and modified facilities. Operational impacts were defined that included assessments of schedules, mixed (STS/SDV) fleet analysis, test procedures, and software.
Advanced Space Transportation System Ground Operations Study
This paper presents partial results of a ground operations study for a series of Shuttle Derived Vehicles (SDV's). The paper covers hardware and operational impacts for Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) resulting from processing any one of three different SDV configurations while maintaining Space Transportation System (STS) operations.
The SDV configurations were assembled from Shuttle-type hardware (e.g., Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's), External Tanks (ET's), Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME's) and Orbiter subsystems). One configuration incorporates a side mounted payload carrier/ propulsion module similar to the Orbiter on STS. A second configuration incorporates an inline payload carrier and propulsion module. The third configuration is the STS vehicle with an additional payload shroud structure located aft of the ET with approximately the same volume as the Orbiter Payload Bay.
For each launch vehicle (LV) configuration and associated payloads, the paper presents the launch site impacts including new and modified facilities. Operational impacts were defined that included assessments of schedules, mixed (STS/SDV) fleet analysis, test procedures, and software.
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