Location
Cocoa Beach
Start Date
7-12-2012 1:15 PM
Description
The new launch site at Wallops Flight Facility has completed design, construction, activation and is now preparing for orbital launches to support the Space Station resupply. The development of Pad 0A presented RS&H’s design team with special technical, managerial and financial challenges. The presentation describes the design approaches for the launch vehicle transit, launch mount, water systems, foundations, flame deflector and other special features and innovations. It describes the extra challenges presented by an extended engine test firing at the launch pad. It also reviews how the design was impacted by the schedule, cost and international demands of this project. Special considerations from the design team which would assist other commercial launch sites being developed are described.
Design Features of our Country’s Newest Commercial Launch Pad
Cocoa Beach
The new launch site at Wallops Flight Facility has completed design, construction, activation and is now preparing for orbital launches to support the Space Station resupply. The development of Pad 0A presented RS&H’s design team with special technical, managerial and financial challenges. The presentation describes the design approaches for the launch vehicle transit, launch mount, water systems, foundations, flame deflector and other special features and innovations. It describes the extra challenges presented by an extended engine test firing at the launch pad. It also reviews how the design was impacted by the schedule, cost and international demands of this project. Special considerations from the design team which would assist other commercial launch sites being developed are described.
