Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
22-4-1992 2:00 PM
Description
Early definition, documentation, acceptance, and continuing implementation of a standard system of payload accommodations for space launch systems is essential. Attempts to provide truly standard payload accommodations have not met with significant success in increasing responsiveness or reducing operations costs. The operational philosophy of the National Launch System (NLS) is based on standardization and includes standardized payload accommodations. These must be incorporated into NLS design concepts early in the development phase to ensure the NLS goal of increased responsiveness and reduced operating cost. At the same time, sufficient flexibility will be maintained to accommodate the rare unique payload requirement which cannot meet the standard due to specific mission requirements, safety concerns, or other reasons. Definition of payload accommodation design goals and operational employment scenarios, and their rationale, will be described, as well as methods for ensuring payload community acceptance and continued implementation.
Paper Session II-B - National Launch System Payload Accommodations
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/Enterprise Rooms
Early definition, documentation, acceptance, and continuing implementation of a standard system of payload accommodations for space launch systems is essential. Attempts to provide truly standard payload accommodations have not met with significant success in increasing responsiveness or reducing operations costs. The operational philosophy of the National Launch System (NLS) is based on standardization and includes standardized payload accommodations. These must be incorporated into NLS design concepts early in the development phase to ensure the NLS goal of increased responsiveness and reduced operating cost. At the same time, sufficient flexibility will be maintained to accommodate the rare unique payload requirement which cannot meet the standard due to specific mission requirements, safety concerns, or other reasons. Definition of payload accommodation design goals and operational employment scenarios, and their rationale, will be described, as well as methods for ensuring payload community acceptance and continued implementation.
