United Launch Alliance tuaj yeem thauj cov methane cryogenic methane thiab cov pa oxygen rau hauv nws qhov chaw sim Vulcan foob pob hluav taws ntawm Cape Canaveral thawj zaug nyob rau lub asthiv tom ntej no raws li nws npaj yuav tshaj tawm nws tiam tom ntej Atlas 5 foob pob hluav taws ntawm kev ya davhlau. Ib qho kev sim tseem ceeb ntawm cov foob pob hluav taws uas yuav siv tib lub foob pob hluav taws. complex nyob rau hauv lub xyoo tom ntej.
Lub caij no, ULA tab tom siv nws qhov kev ua haujlwm Atlas 5 foob pob hluav taws los sim cov ntsiab lus ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws ntau dua Vulcan Centaur ua ntej ntawm lub tsheb tshiab lub dav hlau tshiab. Tus tshiab BE-4 thawj theem cav los ntawm Jeff Bezos 'qhov chaw lag luam Blue Origin yog npaj txhij thiab mus rau pem hauv ntej nrog thawj zaug tso tawm ntawm Vulcan.
ULA Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm John Albon tau hais thaum ntxov lub Tsib Hlis tias thawj lub foob pob hluav taws Vulcan yuav tsum tau npaj rau kev tso tawm thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo.
Vulcan thawj zaug tso tawm tuaj yeem tshwm sim lig xyoo no lossis thaum ntxov 2022, Col. Robert Bongiovi, tus thawj coj ntawm Chaw Tiv Thaiv Chaw Tiv Thaiv Chaw thiab Missile Systems Center's Space and Missile Systems Center, tau hais rau hnub Wednesday. Lub Chaw Force yuav dhau los ua ULA tus neeg siv khoom loj tshaj plaws raws li Vulcan foob pob ua ntxaij ua ob daim ntawv pov thawj ya ua ntej nws pib nws thawj US tub rog lub hom phiaj, USSF-106, thaum ntxov 2023.
Lub community launch ntawm US tub rog satellite Atlas 5 rau hnub Tuesday tau sim ib qho kev hloov kho tshiab ntawm RL10 lub cav theem siab uas yuav ya rau ntawm Vulcan foob pob hluav taws lub Centaur theem siab. Tom ntej Atlas 5 tso tawm rau lub Rau Hli yuav yog thawj lub foob pob hluav taws siv Vulcan. . Zoo li daim thaiv npog ua hauv Asmeskas, tsis yog Switzerland.
Kev tsim kho thiab kev sim ntawm lub tshuab tso tawm tshiab rau lub foob pob hluav taws Vulcan Centaur yog ze li ntawm tiav, hais tias Ron Fortson, tus thawj coj thiab tus thawj coj ntawm kev tsim tawm ntawm ULA.
Fordson tau hais tias "Qhov no yuav yog ob-siv siv lub ncoo," Fordson tau hais tsis ntev los no thaum nws coj cov neeg sau xov xwm mus ncig ntawm Launch Pad 41 ntawm Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. "Tsis muaj leej twg tau ua qhov no ua ntej, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj tawm Atlas thiab Vulcan cov khoom sib txawv ntawm tib lub platform."
Lavxias teb sab RD-180 cav ntawm Atlas 5 foob pob ua ntxaij khiav ntawm kerosene tov nrog kua oxygen. Lub BE-4 Vulcan lub ntxaib thawj-theem engine khiav ntawm cov roj liquefied natural gas los yog methane roj, yuav tsum tau ULA rau nruab tshiab cia tso tsheb hlau luam ntawm Platform 41.
Peb 100,000-gallon methane cia tso tsheb hlau luam nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm Launch Pad 41. Lub tuam txhab, 50-50 kev sib koom ua lag luam ntawm Boeing thiab Lockheed Martin, kuj tau hloov kho lub tshuab tso pa tawm lub suab-absorbing dej system, uas ua rau lub suab nrov nrov uas tsim los ntawm lub tshuab tso tawm. foob pob hluav taws.
Cov kua hydrogen thiab kua oxygen cia cov chaw ntawm Launch Pad 41 kuj tau hloov kho kom haum rau qhov loj dua Centaur theem siab, uas yuav ya mus rau Vulcan foob pob hluav taws.
Lub Vulcan foob pob ua ntxaij tshiab Centaur 5 theem sab sauv muaj ib txoj kab uas hla ntawm 17.7 ko taw (5.4 meters), ntau tshaj li ob zaug raws li dav raws li lub Centaur 3 lub sab sauv theem ntawm lub Atlas 5. Centaur 5 yuav tsum powered los ntawm ob RL10C-1-1 cav, thiab tsis yog tib lub RL10 cav siv nyob rau hauv feem ntau Atlas ob lub sij hawm thiab cov roj tam sim no.
Fordson tau hais tias ULA tau ua tiav kev sim ntawm cov methane cia tank tshiab thiab xa cov kua cryogenic los ntawm cov khoom siv hauv av mus rau qhov chaw tso tawm ntawm Pad 41.
Fordson tau hais tias "Peb tau ntim cov tank no kom paub txog lawv cov khoom," Fordson hais. "Peb muaj roj ntws los ntawm tag nrho cov kab. Peb hu qhov no qhov kev ntsuas txias txias. Peb tau mus dhau txhua txoj kab mus txog qhov kev sib txuas nrog VLP, uas yog Vulcan launch platform, nrog lub foob pob hluav taws Vulcan.
Lub Vulcan Launch Platform yog lub xov tooj txawb tshiab uas yuav nqa lub foob pob hluav taws Vulcan Centaur los ntawm ULA qhov chaw sib koom ua ke mus rau Launch Pad 41. Nyuam qhuav pib lub xyoo no, cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av tau nqa lub Vulcan Pathfinder core theem mus rau lub platform thiab dov lub foob pob ua ntxaij mus rau qhov kev xeem hauv av rau thawj zaug.
ULA khaws cov theem VLP thiab Vulcan Pathfinder nyob ze ntawm Cape Canaveral Space Operations Center thaum lub tuam txhab npaj nws lub foob pob hluav taws tshiab Atlas 5 rau kev tshem tawm nrog cov tub rog SBIRS GEO 5 lub xov tooj ceeb toom ntxov.
Tom qab kev ua tiav ntawm Atlas 5 thiab SBIRS GEO 5 hnub Tuesday, pab pawg Vulcan yuav txav lub foob pob hluav taws rov qab mus rau Launch Pad 41 txhawm rau sim Pathfinder txuas ntxiv. ULA yuav pib tso lub foob pob hluav taws Atlas 5 rau hauv VIF, uas tau teem sijhawm yuav tshaj tawm rau lub Rau Hli 23 rau Lub Hom Phiaj Space Force STP-3.
ULA npaj yuav thauj cov roj rau hauv Vulcan tso tsheb thawj zaug, raws li kev sim ua ntej ntawm cov av hauv av.
Fortson tau hais tias "Lub sijhawm tom ntej peb tso VLPs, peb yuav pib ua cov kev xeem dhau los ntawm lub tsheb," Fortson hais.
Lub tsheb Vulcan Pathfinder tuaj txog ntawm Cape Canaveral thaum Lub Ob Hlis caij nkoj ULA foob pob hluav taws los ntawm lub tuam txhab cov chaw hauv Decatur, Alabama.
Hnub Tuesday kev tshaj tawm tau cim thawj Atlas 5 lub hom phiaj hauv ntau dua rau lub hlis, tab sis ULA cia siab tias yuav nrawm dua rau xyoo no. Tom qab lub Rau Hli 23 tso tawm ntawm STP-3, tom ntej Atlas 5 tso tawm yog teem rau Lub Xya Hli 30, uas yuav suav nrog kev sim davhlau ntawm Boeing's Starliner cov neeg ua haujlwm module.
Fordson tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum ua kom tiav cov haujlwm ntawm Vulcan ntawm kev xa tawm," Fordson hais. "Peb yuav tso tawm STP-3 sai sai tom qab qhov no. Lawv muaj lub qhov rais me me ua haujlwm, sim thiab sim, thiab tom qab ntawd peb mam li tso lwm lub tsheb rau hauv."
Lub foob pob hluav taws Vulcan Pathfinder yog siv los ntawm Blue Origin's BE-4 lub cav hauv av kuaj qhov chaw, thiab kev sim ntawm nws lub tank yuav pab engineers txiav txim seb yuav thauj cov roj rau hauv Vulcan li cas rau hnub tso.
Fordson tau hais tias "Peb yuav nkag siab txhua yam khoom muaj nqis thiab lawv ua haujlwm li cas thiab txhim kho peb cov CONOPS (lub tswv yim ntawm kev ua haujlwm) los ntawm qhov ntawd," Fordson hais.
ULA muaj ntau yam kev paub nrog ultra-txias kua hydrogen, lwm yam cryogenic foob pob ua ntxaij roj siv nyob rau hauv lub tuam txhab Delta 4 tsev neeg ntawm foob pob ua ntxaij thiab Centaur theem.
"Lawv ob leeg txias heev," Fordson hais. "Lawv muaj cov khoom sib txawv, peb tsuas yog xav nkag siab tias nws coj li cas thaum kis tau tus mob.
"Txhua qhov kev sim peb tab tom ua tam sim no yog kom nkag siab tag nrho cov khoom ntawm cov roj no thiab nws coj li cas thaum peb muab tso rau hauv lub tsheb," Fordson hais. "Qhov ntawd yog qhov peb yuav ua nyob rau ob peb lub hlis tom ntej no."
Thaum Vulcan cov tshuab hauv av tau dhau los lawm, ULA tab tom siv nws lub foob pob hluav taws ua haujlwm los sim cov txheej txheem txuas ntxiv mus rau lub davhlau ya dav hlau.
Ib qho kev hloov tshiab ntawm Aerojet's Rocketdyne RL10 lub cav ntawm Centaur sab saud tau nthuav tawm hnub Tuesday. Qhov tseeb version ntawm lub cav hydrogen, hu ua RL10C-1-1, tau txhim kho kev ua tau zoo thiab yooj yim rau kev tsim, raws li ULA.
Lub cav RL10C-1-1 muaj lub taub hau ntev dua li lub cav siv rau yav dhau los Atlas 5 foob pob hluav taws thiab nta lub tshuab 3D luam tawm tshiab, uas ua rau nws thawj lub davhlau ua haujlwm, hais tias Gary Harry, lub tuam txhab tus lwm thawj ntawm tsoomfwv thiab tsoomfwv txoj haujlwm. cov kev pab cuam lag luam. Gary Wentz hais. ULA.
Raws li Aerojet Rocketdyne lub vev xaib, RL10C-1-1 lub cav tsim tawm kwv yees li 1,000 phaus ntxiv thrust dua li yav dhau los version ntawm RL10C-1 lub cav siv rau ntawm Atlas 5 foob pob hluav taws.
Ntau tshaj 500 RL10 lub cav tau siv lub foob pob hluav taws txij li xyoo 1960. ULA's Vulcan Centaur foob pob hluav taws kuj tseem yuav siv RL10C-1-1 lub cav qauv, zoo li yuav luag txhua lub luag haujlwm ntawm Atlas 5 yav tom ntej tshwj tsis yog Boeing's Starliner cov neeg coob capsule, uas siv Centaur qhov tshwj xeeb ntxaib-lub cav sab saud.
Xyoo tas los, lub foob pob hluav taws tshiab tshiab tsim los ntawm Northrop Grumman tau tsim thawj zaug ntawm lub davhlau Atlas 5. Lub zog loj, tsim los ntawm Northrop Grumman, yuav siv rau ntawm Vulcan lub hom phiaj thiab feem ntau yav tom ntej Atlas 5 flights.
Tus tshiab booster hloov lub Aerojet Rocketdyne pluaj-on booster uas tau siv rau ntawm Atlas 5 launches txij thaum 2003. Aerojet Rocketdyne cov khoom siv foob pob hluav taws yuav txuas ntxiv tua Atlas 5 foob pob hluav taws los nqa cov haujlwm ua haujlwm rau hauv lub voj voog, tab sis lub lim tiam no lub hom phiaj tau cim lub davhlau kawg ntawm cov tub rog Atlas 5 tsim siv lub tsheb qub. Lub Aerojet Rocketdyne tso lub tsheb tau ntawv pov thawj los tso cov neeg caij nkoj.
ULA tau koom ua ke cov avionics thiab kev taw qhia ntawm nws Atlas 5 thiab Delta 4 foob pob ua ntxaij rau hauv ib qho kev tsim uas tseem yuav ya rau ntawm Vulcan Centaur.
Lub hli tom ntej, ULA npaj yuav nthuav tawm qhov kawg loj Vulcan-zoo li cov kab ke ya ua ntej ntawm Atlas 5: kev them nyiaj ncaj ncees uas yooj yim dua thiab pheej yig dua los tsim dua li yav dhau los Atlas 5's lub qhov ntswg qhov ntswg.
Lub 17.7-ko taw (5.4-meter) txoj kab uas hla payload fairing uas yuav pib lub hli tom ntej ntawm lub hom phiaj STP-3 zoo ib yam li cov uas siv rau yav dhau los Atlas 5 foob pob ua ntxaij.
Tab sis lub fairing yog cov khoom ntawm ib tug tshiab industrial koom tes ntawm ULA thiab Swiss lub tuam txhab RUAG Space, uas yav tas los tsim tag nrho cov Atlas 5′s 5.4-meter fairings ntawm ib tsob nroj hauv Switzerland. Lub me me Atlas 5 lub qhov ntswg siv rau qee lub luag haujlwm yog tsim los ntawm ULA lub chaw hauv Harlingen, Texas.
ULA thiab RUAG tau tsim ib txoj kab tshiab payload fairing ntau lawm ntawm Atlas, Delta thiab Vulcan chaw nyob hauv Alabama.
Alabama cov kab ntau lawm siv cov txheej txheem tshiab uas ua kom yooj yim rau cov txheej txheem tsim khoom. Raws li ULA, txoj kev tsim khoom "tsis yog-autoclave" tsuas yog siv lub qhov cub los kho cov pa roj carbon fiber ntau, tshem tawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob siab, uas txwv qhov loj ntawm qhov chaw uas tuaj yeem haum rau sab hauv.
Qhov kev hloov pauv no tso cai rau cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tau muab faib ua ob ntu tsis yog 18 lossis ntau dua cov khoom me. Qhov no yuav txo tus naj npawb ntawm fasteners, multipliers thiab qhov yuav ua rau muaj qhov tsis xws luag, ULA tau hais hauv blog post xyoo tas los.
ULA hais tias txoj kev tshiab ua rau nws sai dua thiab pheej yig dua los tsim kom muaj kev sib tw them nyiaj.
ULA npaj yuav ya 30 lossis ntau dua Atlas 5 txoj haujlwm ua ntej lub foob pob hluav taws so haujlwm thiab xa mus rau Vulcan Centaur foob pob hluav taws.
Thaum lub Plaub Hlis, Amazon tau yuav cuaj Atlas 5 lub davhlau los pib xa xov tooj cua rau lub tuam txhab Kuiper Internet network. Ib tug kws tshaj lij rau US Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center tau hais rau lub lim tiam dhau los tias rau lub luag haujlwm kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws ntxiv yuav xav tau Atlas 5 foob pob hluav taws nyob rau ob peb xyoos tom ntej no, tsis suav nrog SBIRS GEO 5 lub hom phiaj pib hnub Tuesday.
Xyoo tas los, US Space Force tau tshaj tawm cov ntawv cog lus ntau txhiab daus las los xa cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv lub tebchaws ntawm ULA's Vulcan Centaur foob pob hluav taws thiab SpaceX's Falcon 9 thiab Falcon Heavy launch tsheb mus txog 2027.
Hnub Thursday, Chaw Xov Xwm tau tshaj tawm tias Lub Chaw Tub Rog thiab ULA tau pom zoo txav thawj tub rog lub luag haujlwm uas tau muab rau Vulcan Centaur foob pob hluav taws mus rau Atlas 5 foob pob hluav taws. Lub hom phiaj, hu ua USSF-51, tau teem sijhawm yuav pib xyoo 2022.
Plaub tus kws sau hnub qub npaj yuav xa mus rau lub ntiaj teb nyob rau hauv SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Resilience" capsule tau caij nkoj ntawm Kennedy Space Center rau hnub Thursday los cob qhia rau lawv cov phiaj xwm xa mus rau Chaw Chaw Chaw Thoob Ntiaj Teb rau hnub Saturday yav tsaus ntuj, thaum cov thawj coj saib xyuas huab cua thiab dej hiav txwv thaum lub sij hawm rov qab los. thaj chaw dhau ntawm Dej Hiav Txwv Atlantic.
NASA Kennedy Space Center engineers uas yuav saib xyuas lub community launch txog science satellites thiab interplanetary probes yuav ua lub luag hauj lwm los xyuas kom meej rau 6 lub luag hauj lwm loj mus txog qhov chaw nyab xeeb nyob rau hauv tsuas yog rau lub hlis xyoo no, pib nrog NOAA lub tshiab GOES tso tawm - Lub Peb Hlis 1, S Weather Observatory board lub Atlas 5 foob pob ua ntxaij.
Ib lub foob pob hluav taws hauv Suav tau pib peb qhov kev sim tub rog soj ntsuam satellites rau hauv lub ntiaj teb rau hnub Friday, thib ob xws li peb-satellite teeb tsa hauv tsawg dua ob lub hlis.
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