United Launch Alliance inogona kuisa cryogenic methane uye liquid oxygen munzvimbo yayo yekuyedza roketi yeVulcan kuCape Canaveral kekutanga mumavhiki anotevera sezvo ichironga kuburitsa roketi yayo yechizvarwa chinotevera yeAtlas 5 pakati pendege. Kuyedzwa kukuru kwemaroketi achashandisa hunyanzvi hwakafanana hwekuburitsa roketi mumakore anotevera.
Zvichakadaro, ULA iri kushandisa roketi rayo reAtlas 5 kuyedza zvinhu zveroketi reVulcan Centaur rine simba zvikuru pamberi pekubhururuka kwekutanga kwemotokari itsva. Injini itsva yeBE-4 yekutanga kubva kukambani yemuchadenga yaJeff Bezos yeBlue Origin yagadzirira uye iri kuenderera mberi nekuburitswa kwekutanga kweVulcan.
Mukuru weU.S.A., John Albon, akataura pakutanga kwaChivabvu kuti roketi yekutanga yeVulcan inofanira kunge yagadzirira kuburitswa panopera gore.
Kuburitswa kwekutanga kweVulcan kunogona kuitika pakupera kwegore rino kana kutanga kwa2022, Col. Robert Bongiovi, director weSpace Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Space and Missile Systems Center, vakadaro neChitatu. Chikwata cheSpace Force chichava mutengi mukuru weULA sezvo roketi yeVulcan ichiita ndege mbiri dzechitupa isati yatanga basa rayo rekutanga remauto eUS, USSF-106, kutanga kwa2023.
Kuburitswa kweAtlas 5 yemauto eUS neChipiri kwakaedza injini yepamusoro yeRL10 ichabhururuka paCentaur upper stage yeroketi yeVulcan. Kuburitswa kunotevera kweAtlas 5 muna Chikumi kuchave ikombo rekutanga kushandisa Vulcan. . Sechishongo chekutakura zvinhu chakagadzirwa muUSA, kwete kuSwitzerland.
Kuvaka nekuyedzwa kwehurongwa hutsva hwekuburitsa roketi yeVulcan Centaur kwava kuda kupera, akadaro Ron Fortson, mutungamiriri uye maneja mukuru wemabasa ekuburitsa roketi kuULA.
"Iyi ichave nzira yekuburitsa zvinhu zviviri," akadaro Fordson nguva pfupi yadarika paakatungamira vatori venhau parwendo rweLaunch Pad 41 paCape Canaveral Space Force Station. "Hapana akambozviita kare, kungotanga Atlas neVulcan product line yakasiyana zvachose papuratifomu imwe chete."
Injini yeRussia RD-180 yeroketi reAtlas 5 inomhanya neparafini yakasanganiswa neokisijeni yemvura. Injini mbiri dzeBE-4 Vulcan dzinoshanda negasi rechisikigo rakanyungudutswa kana mafuta emethane, zvichiita kuti ULA iise matangi matsva ekuchengetera zvinhu paPlatform 41.
Matangi matatu ekuchengetera methane ane magaroni 100,000 ari kuchamhembe kweLaunch Pad 41. Kambani iyi, iyo ine simba re50-50 pakati peBoeing neLockheed Martin, yakavandudzawo sisitimu yemvura ye launch pad inonwisa ruzha, izvo zvinoderedza ruzha rwakasimba rwunoburitswa ne launch pad.
Nzvimbo dzekuchengetera hydrogen yemvura neokisijeni yemvura paLaunch Pad 41 dzakagadziriswawo kuti dzikwane nzvimbo huru yepamusoro yeCentaur, iyo ichabhururuka neroketi reVulcan.
Danho repamusoro idzva reroketi reVulcan reCentaur 5 rine dhayamita ye 17.7 feet (5.4 metres), upamhi hwakapetwa kaviri pane repamusoro reCentaur 3 paAtlas 5. Centaur 5 ichashandiswa nemainjini maviri eRL10C-1-1, kwete injini imwe chete yeRL10 inoshandiswa paAtlas 5s dzakawanda, uye ichange iine mafuta akawanda zvakapetwa kaviri nehafu kupfuura Centaur iripo.
Fordson akati ULA yapedza kuyedza matangi matsva ekuchengetera methane uye yakatumira mvura inoyerera kuburikidza nemitsetse yepasi kuenda kunzvimbo yekuburitswa kwemethane paPad 41.
"Takazadza matangi aya kuti tizive nezvenzvimbo dzawo," akadaro Fordson. "Tine mafuta ari kufamba mumitsetse yese. Tinoti iyi ndiyo bvunzo yekuyerera kwemvura inotonhora. Takapinda mumitsetse yese kusvika pakabatana neVLP, inova puratifomu yekuburitsa Vulcan, neroketi reVulcan rakaburitswa. "
Vulcan Launch Platform ipuratifomu itsva yekuburitsa roketi yeVulcan Centaur kubva panzvimbo yeULA yakabatana nepasi kuenda kuLaunch Pad 41. Pakutanga kwegore rino, vashandi vepasi vakasimudza chikuva chepakati cheVulcan Pathfinder ndokukungurutsa roketi papuratifomu yekutanga yekuyedza pasi.
ULA inochengeta zviteshi zveVLP neVulcan Pathfinder paCape Canaveral Space Operations Center iri pedyo uku kambani ichigadzirira roketi rayo idzva reAtlas 5 kuti risimuke nesatellite yemasoja yeSBIRS GEO 5 yekunyevera nguva isati yasvika.
Mushure mekuburitswa kweAtlas 5 neSBIRS GEO 5 neChipiri, timu yeVulcan ichadzosera roketi kuLaunch Pad 41 kuti irambe ichiedza Pathfinder. ULA ichatanga kuisa roketi yeAtlas 5 mukati meVIF, iyo yakarongerwa kutanga musi wa23 Chikumi pabasa reSpace Force reSTP-3.
ULA inoronga kuisa mafuta mumotokari yeVulcan kekutanga, zvichibva pakuedzwa kwekutanga kwesystem yepasi.
"Nguva inotevera patinoburitsa maVLP, tichatanga kuita bvunzo idzi dzekushandisa mota," akadaro Fortson.
Mota yeVulcan Pathfinder yakasvika kuCape Canaveral muna Kukadzi iri muroketi reULA richibva kufekitori yekambani iyi kuDecatur, Alabama.
Kuburitswa kwendege neChipiri kwakaratidza rwendo rwekutanga rweAtlas 5 mumwedzi inopfuura mitanhatu, asi ULA inotarisira kuti rwendo urwu ruchakurumidza gore rino. Mushure mekuburitswa kweSTP-3 musi wa23 Chikumi, kuburitswa kweAtlas 5 kunotevera kwakarongerwa musi wa30 Chikunguru, uko kuchasanganisira kuyedzwa kwekubhururuka kweBoeing's Starliner crew module.
"Tinofanira kupedzisa basa paVulcan pakati pekuburitswa kwemotokari," akadaro Fordson. "Tichaburitsa STP-3 munguva pfupi mushure meizvi. Vane hwindo diki rekushanda, kuyedza uye kuyedza, tobva taisa imwe mota imomo."
Roketi reVulcan Pathfinder rinofambiswa neBlue Origin's BE-4 engine test facility, uye kuyedzwa kwetangi rayo kuchabatsira mainjiniya kuona kuti vangaisa sei mafuta muVulcan pazuva rekutanga kwayo.
"Tichanzwisisa midziyo yese uye mashandiro ayo uye tobva tavandudza CONOPS yedu (pfungwa yekushanda) kubva ipapo," akadaro Fordson.
ULA ine ruzivo rwakakura nehydrogen inotonhora zvakanyanya, imwe mafuta eroketi anoshandiswa mumhuri yeDelta 4 yekambani yemaroketi neCentaur upper stages.
"Vese vaitonhora zvikuru," akadaro Fordson. "Vane hunhu hwakasiyana. Tinongoda kunzwisisa kuti zvinoita sei panguva yekutapurirana kwehutachiona."
"Kuedza kwese kwatiri kuita izvozvi ndekwekuti tinzwisise zvizere hunhu hwegasi iri uye kuti rinoita sei kana tikariisa mumotokari," akadaro Fordson. "Ndizvo chaizvo zvatichaita mumwedzi mishoma inotevera."
Kunyange hazvo masisitimu epasi eVulcan asina kunyatsogadzirwa, ULA iri kushandisa maroketi ayo ekushandisa kuyedza matekinoroji ekubhururuka kwemotokari dzechizvarwa chinotevera.
Imwe injini itsva yeAerojet yeRocketdyne RL10 iri padanho repamusoro reCentaur yakaburitswa neChipiri. Shanduro yazvino yeinjini yehydrogen, inonzi RL10C-1-1, yave nekushanda kwakawedzera uye iri nyore kugadzira, sekureva kweULA.
Injini yeRL10C-1-1 ine nozzle yakareba kupfuura injini yakashandiswa pamaroketi eAtlas 5 ekare uye ine injector itsva yakadhindwa ne3D, iyo yakaita rwendo rwayo rwekutanga rwekushanda, akadaro Gary Harry, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wehurumende nemabasa ehurumende. Gary Wentz akadaro. ULA.
Sekureva kwewebsite yeAerojet Rocketdyne, injini yeRL10C-1-1 inogadzira simba rekuwedzera rinorema mapaundi angangoita chiuru chimwe kupfuura injini yekare yeRL10C-1 yakashandiswa paroketi reAtlas 5.
Mainjini eRL10 anopfuura mazana mashanu akashandisa maroketi kubvira kuma1960. Roketi yeVulcan Centaur yeULA ichashandisawo modhi yeinjini yeRL10C-1-1, pamwe chete nemabasa ese emangwana eAtlas 5 kunze kweBoeing's Starliner crew capsule, iyo inoshandisa chikamu chepamusoro cheCentaur chine injini mbiri.
Gore rapera, roketi itsva yakasimba yakavakwa naNorthrop Grumman yakatangwa kekutanga pandege yeAtlas 5. Iyo booster hombe, yakavakwa naNorthrop Grumman, ichashandiswa pabasa reVulcan uye parwendo rwenguva refu rweAtlas 5.
Chinosimudzira ngarava chitsva chinotsiva chinotsigira tambo cheAerojet Rocketdyne chave chichishandiswa pakuburitswa kweAtlas 5 kubvira muna 2003. Maroketi eAerojet Rocketdyne acharamba achipfura maroketi eAtlas 5 kuti aendese mabasa anofambiswa nevanhu mumhepo, asi basa revhiki rino rakaratidza kubhururuka kwekupedzisira kweAtlas 5 yemauto ichishandisa dhizaini yekare yemotokari yekuburitsa. Mota yekuburitsa ndege yeAerojet Rocketdyne ine chitupa chekuburitsa vatyairi vendege.
ULA yakabatanidza maavionics uye masisitimu ekutungamira emaroketi ayo eAtlas 5 neDelta 4 mudhizaini imwe chete iyo ichabhururukawo paVulcan Centaur.
Mwedzi unouya, ULA inoronga kuburitsa pachena sisitimu yekupedzisira yakafanana neVulcan ichatanga kubhururuka paAtlas 5: fairing yekutakura zvinhu iri nyore uye yakachipa kugadzira kupfuura Atlas 5's nose canopy yekare.
Chikepe chekutakura zvinhu chine dhayamita ye 17.7-foot (5.4-meter) chichatanga mwedzi unouya parwendo rwe STP-3 chakafanana nechaishandiswa pamaroketi eAtlas 5 ekare.
Asi chivakwa ichi chakagadzirwa nekubatana kutsva kwemaindasitiri pakati peULA nekambani yeSwitzerland RUAG Space, iyo yakambogadzira chivakwa chose cheAtlas 5′s 5.4-meter fairings pafekitori muSwitzerland. Koni diki yeAtlas 5 mhino inoshandiswa pane mamwe mabasa inogadzirwa pafekitori yeULA muHarlingen, Texas.
Kambani yeULA neRUAG dzakagadzira nzira itsva yekugadzira midziyo yekufambisa zvinhu paAtlas, Delta neVulcan dziripo muAlabama.
Mutsetse wekugadzira weAlabama unoshandisa nzira itsva inoita kuti matanho ekugadzira fairing ave nyore. Sekureva kweULA, nzira yekugadzira "isiri autoclave" inogona kungoshandisa ovheni kugadzirisa fairing ine carbon fiber, ichibvisa autoclave ine pressure yakakwira, iyo inoderedza saizi yezvikamu zvinogona kukwana mukati.
Kuchinja uku kunobvumira kuti fairing yemutoro wepayload ipatsanurwe kuita zvidimbu zviviri panzvimbo pezvidimbu zvidiki gumi nezvisere kana kupfuura. Izvi zvichaderedza huwandu hwezvisungo, zvinowedzerwa uye mukana wekukuvara, ULA yakadaro mublog post gore rapera.
ULA inoti nzira itsva iyi inoita kuti zvive nekukurumidza uye zvakachipa kugadzira fairing yekutakura zvinhu.
ULA inoronga kubhururuka mamwe maAtlas 5 missions makumi matatu kana kupfuura isati yabviswa roketi yoendeswa kuVulcan Centaur rocket.
Muna Kubvumbi, Amazon yakatenga ndege pfumbamwe dzeAtlas 5 kuti dzitange kuburitsa masateliti kune network yeKuiper Internet yekambani. Mutauriri weUS Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center akataura svondo rapfuura kuti mamwe mabasa matanhatu ekuchengetedza nyika achada maroketi eAtlas 5 mumakore mashoma anotevera, tisingaverengi basa reSBIRS GEO 5 rakatangwa neChipiri.
Gore rapera, US Space Force yakazivisa zvibvumirano zvemabhiriyoni emadhora zvekubhadhara mari yekudzivirira nyika pamaroketi eVULCAN CENTAU eULA pamwe nemota dzeSpaceX dzeFalcon 9 neFalcon Heavy kusvika mugore ra2027.
NeChina, Space News yakashuma kuti Space Force neULA vakabvumirana kutamisa basa rekutanga remauto rakapihwa roketi yeVulcan Centaur kuenda kuroketi yeAtlas 5. Basa iri, rinonzi USSF-51, rakarongerwa kutanga muna 2022.
Vatyairi vendege vana vari kugadzirira kusvetuka nendege mudenga vari muchikepe cheSpaceX chinonzi Crew Dragon “Resilience” capsule vakakwira muchikepe chavo chemuchadenga kuKennedy Space Center neChina kuti vadzidzire kusimuka kwavo kuInternational Space Station neMugovera manheru, ukuwo vatungamiriri veMission vari kutarisa mamiriro ekunze nemamiriro egungwa panguva yekudzoreredza nzvimbo iri mhiri kweAtlantic Ocean.
Mainjiniya eNASA Kennedy Space Center avo vachatarisira kutangwa kwemasetiraiti esainzi uye mapurovhinzi epakati pemapuraneti vachave nebasa rekuona kuti mabasa makuru matanhatu anosvika muchadenga zvakachengeteka mumwedzi inopfuura mitanhatu gore rino, kutanga nekutangwa kutsva kweGOES kweNOAA - Kurume 1, S Weather Observatory yakatasva roketi reAtlas 5.
Roketi rekuChina rakaburitsa masatelaiti matatu ekuedza ekuongorora mauto mumhepo neChishanu, iri ndiro rechipiri rakaburitswa mumasatelaiti matatu akadaro mumwedzi isingasviki miviri.


Nguva yekutumira: Kubvumbi-28-2024