United Launch Alliance inogona kurodha cryogenic methane uye liquid oxygen munzvimbo yayo yeVulcan rocket test site paCape Canaveral kekutanga mumavhiki anouya sezvo ichironga kuburitsa chizvarwa chayo cheAtlas 5 roketi pakati pendege. Muedzo wakakosha wemaroketi anozoshandisa imwechete roketi kuvhurwa. yakaoma mumakore anotevera.
Zvichakadaro, ULA iri kushandisa roketi yayo yeAtlas 5 kuyedza zvinhu zveiyo yakasimba Vulcan Centaur roketi pamberi pemotokari itsva yekutanga ndege. Iyo itsva BE-4 yekutanga nhanho injini kubva kuJeff Bezos 'nzvimbo kambani Blue Origin yakagadzirira uye inofambira mberi neyekutanga bvunzo kuvhurwa kweVulcan.
Mukuru weULA Operating Officer John Albon akataura mukutanga kwaChivabvu kuti roketi rekutanga reVulcan rinofanira kunge ragadzirira kutangwa mukupera kwegore.
Kuvhurwa kwekutanga kweVulcan kunogona kuitika mukupera kwegore rino kana kutanga kwa2022, Col. Robert Bongiovi, director weSpace Force's Space uye Missile Systems Center's Space uye Missile Systems Center, akadaro Chitatu. The Space Force ichave mutengi mukuru weULA sezvo roketi yeVulcan ichiitisa ndege mbiri dzekupa zvitupa isati yatanga basa rayo rekutanga remauto eUS, USSF-106, kutanga kwa2023.
Kuvhurwa kwemauto eUS setiraiti Atlas 5 nemusi weChipiri kwakaedza vhezheni yakakwidziridzwa yeRL10 yekumusoro nhanho injini inobhururuka padanho repamusoro reVulcan rocket's Centaur. Iyo inotevera Atlas 5 kutangwa muna Chikumi ichave yekutanga roketi kushandisa Vulcan. . Senge nhovo yemubhadharo yakagadzirwa muUSA, kwete Switzerland.
Kuvaka uye kuyedzwa kweiyo nyowani yekuvhura pad system yeVulcan Centaur roketi yave kuda kupera, akadaro Ron Fortson, director uye general maneja wekutangisa mabasa kuULA.
"Iri richange riri rekushandisa-paviri pedhi yekuvhura," Fordson akadaro nguva pfupi yadarika achitungamira vatori venhau parwendo rweLaunch Pad 41 paCape Canaveral Space Force Station. "Hapana akambomboita izvi, achitanga Atlas uye mutsara wakasiyana weVulcan wechigadzirwa pachikuva chimwe chete."
Iyo yeRussia RD-180 injini yeAtlas 5 roketi inomhanya paparafini yakasanganiswa neokisijeni yemvura. Iyo BE-4 Vulcan's mapatya ekutanga-injini inomhanya pane yakanyunguditswa gasi rechisikigo kana methane mafuta, zvinoda ULA kuti iise matangi ekuchengetedza matsva paPlatform 41.
Matangi matatu e100,000-gallon methane ekuchengetedza ari kudivi rekuchamhembe kweLaunch Pad 41. Kambani iyi, mubatanidzwa we50-50 pakati peBoeing neLockheed Martin, yakagadziridzawo hurongwa hwemvura inotora ruzha, iyo inoderedza ruzha rwakanyanya runogadzirwa nepedhi yekutanga. Rocket kutanga.
Iyo yemvura hydrogen uye mvura yekuchengetera okisijeni nzvimbo paLaunch Pad 41 yakakwidziridzwawo kuti igare yakakura Centaur yepamusoro nhanho, iyo inobhururuka paVulcan roketi.
Vulcan roketi itsva Centaur 5 nhanho yokumusoro ine dhayamita 17.7 tsoka (5.4 metres), inodarika kaviri yakafara seCentaur 3 upper stage paAtlas 5. Centaur 5 ichave powered by two RL10C-1-1 engines, and not the same RL10 engine used on most Atlas and a current fuel will carry two the Atlas 5.
Fordson vakati ULA yapedza kuyedza matangi ekuchengetedza methane matsva uye yakatumira cryogenic fluid kuburikidza nemitsetse yepasi kunzvimbo yekuvhurwa paPad 41.
"Takazadza matangi aya kuti tidzidze nezvezvivakwa zvavo," Fordson akadaro. "Tine mafuta anoyerera nemumitsetse yese. Isu tinodaidza iyi bvunzo yekuyerera kwechando. Takapfuura nemumitsetse yese kusvika pakubatana neVLP, inova Vulcan launch platform, ine yakavhurwa Vulcan rocket. vertex."
Vulcan Launch Platform itsva mobile launch pad iyo ichatakura Vulcan Centaur roketi kubva kuULA's vertically integrated facility kusvika kuLaunch Pad 41. Pakutanga gore rino, vashandi vepasi vakasimudza Vulcan Pathfinder core stage papuratifomu ndokukungurutsa roketi padhi rekutanga rekutanga kuyedza pasi.
ULA inochengetedza VLP neVulcan Pathfinder nhanho paCape Canaveral Space Operations Center apo kambani ichigadzirira roketi yayo nyowani yeAtlas 5 yekusimudzwa nemauto eSBIRS GEO 5 yekutanga yambiro setiraiti.
Kutevera kuvhurwa kwakabudirira kweAtlas 5 uye SBIRS GEO 5 neChipiri, timu yeVulcan ichadzosera roketi kuLaunch Pad 41 kuti ienderere mberi nekuyedza Pathfinder. ULA ichatanga kuisa Atlas 5 roketi mukati meVIF, iyo yakarongerwa kutanga muna Chikumi 23 yeSpace Force's STP-3 mishoni.
ULA inoronga kurodha mafuta mumotokari yeVulcan kekutanga, zvichibva pabvunzo dzekutanga dzepasi.
"Nguva inotevera yatinoburitsa VLPs, tichatanga kuita izvi kuburikidza-yemotokari bvunzo," Fortson akadaro.
Motokari yeVulcan Pathfinder yakasvika kuCape Canaveral muna Kukadzi ichipinda neULA roketi kubva panzvimbo yekambani iyi muDecatur, Alabama.
Kuvhurwa kweChipiri kwakaratidza yekutanga Atlas 5 mishoni muinopfuura mwedzi mitanhatu, asi ULA inotarisira kuti nhanho ichakurumidza kukurumidza gore rino. Kutevera kutangwa kwaJune 23 kweSTP-3, iyo inotevera Atlas 5 kuvhurwa kwakarongerwa Chikunguru 30, iyo ichasanganisira kuyedza ndege yeBoeing's Starliner crew module.
"Tinofanirwa kupedzisa basa paVulcan pakati pekutanga," Fordson akadaro. "Tichavhura STP-3 munguva pfupi yapfuura. Vane hwindo diki rekushanda, kuyedza uye kuyedza, tozoisa imwe mota imomo."
Iyo Vulcan Pathfinder roketi inofambiswa neBlue Origin's BE-4 injini yevhu yekuyedza nzvimbo, uye bvunzo dzetangi rayo dzinobatsira mainjiniya kuona nzira yekuisa mafuta muVulcan pazuva rekutanga.
"Tichanzwisisa midziyo yese uye mashandisiro avanoita nekuvandudza CONOPS yedu (pfungwa yekushanda) kubva ipapo," Fordson akadaro.
ULA ine ruzivo rwakakura neyekupedzisira-inotonhora mvura hydrogen, imwe cryogenic roketi mafuta anoshandiswa mukambani yeDelta 4 mhuri yemaroketi uye Centaur nhanho dzepamusoro.
"Vose vaitonhora," Fordson akadaro. “Vane zvinhu zvakasiyana.
“Zvese ongororo yatiri kuita parizvino ndeyekunzwisisa zvizere mashandiro egasi iri uye kuti rinoita sei kana tariisa mumotokari,” Fordson vakadaro. "Ndizvo chaizvo zvatichange tichiita mumwedzi mishoma inotevera."
Nepo masisitimu evhu eVulcan akaremerwa, ULA iri kushandisa maroketi ayo ekutanga kuyedza chizvarwa chinotevera kutanga mota dzekubhururuka.
Imwe mutsauko mutsva weAerojet's Rocketdyne RL10 injini paCentaur nhanho yepamusoro yakavhurwa Chipiri. Iyo yazvino vhezheni yeinjini yehydrogen, inonzi RL10C-1-1, yakavandudza mashandiro uye iri nyore kugadzira, maererano neULA.
Injini yeRL10C-1-1 ine muromo wakareba kupfuura injini yakashandiswa pamaroketi eAtlas 5 apfuura uye inoratidzira jekiseni idzva rakadhindwa 3D, iro rakaita ndege yayo yekutanga kushanda, akadaro Gary Harry, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wekambani yehurumende nehurumende. zvirongwa zvekutengesa. Gary Wentz akadaro. ULA.
Zvinoenderana newebhusaiti yeAerojet Rocketdyne, iyo RL10C-1-1 injini inogadzira ingangoita chiuru chemapaundi ekuwedzera kusunda kupfuura yakare vhezheni yeRL10C-1 injini yakashandiswa paAtlas 5 rocket.
Zvinopfuura 500 RL10 injini dzakashandisa maroketi kubvira kuma1960. ULA's Vulcan Centaur roketi ichashandisawo RL10C-1-1 injini modhi, sezvichaita mamishini ese emangwana Atlas 5 kunze kweBoeing's Starliner crew capsule, inoshandisa iyo Centaur yakasarudzika mapatya-injini yepamusoro.
Gore rapfuura, imwe yakasimba rocket booster yakavakwa naNorthrop Grumman yakatangwa kekutanga paAtlas 5 ndege. Iyo yakakura booster, yakavakwa naNorthrop Grumman, ichashandiswa paVulcan mishoni uye mazhinji emangwana Atlas 5 ndege.
Iyo booster itsva inotsiva Aerojet Rocketdyne strap-on booster iyo yakashandiswa pakuvhurwa kweAtlas 5 kubva 2003. Maroketi akasimba eAerojet Rocketdyne acharamba achipisa Atlas 5 maroketi kuti atakure mamisheni emunhu munzira, asi chinangwa chesvondo rino chakaratidza kubhururuka kwekupedzisira kwechiuto cheAtlas dhizaini. Iyo Aerojet Rocketdyne yekuvhura mota inotenderwa kuvhura vazivi venyeredzi.
ULA yakabatanidza avionics uye kutungamira masisitimu eAtlas 5 uye Delta 4 maroketi kuita imwe dhizaini inobhururukawo paVulcan Centaur.
Mwedzi unouya, ULA inoronga kuvhenekera yekupedzisira huru Vulcan-senge sisitimu yekubhururuka kutanga paAtlas 5: mubhadharo wekubhadhara uri nyore uye wakachipa kugadzira pane yapfuura Atlas 5′s canopy yemhino.
Iyo 17.7-foot (5.4-mita) dhayamita payload fairing iyo ichatangwa mwedzi unouya paSTP-3 mishoni inotaridzika zvakafanana kune yakashandiswa pane yapfuura Atlas 5 maroketi.
Asi kuita zvakanaka kwacho chibereko chekudyidzana kutsva kwemaindasitiri pakati peULA neSwiss kambani RUAG Space, iyo yakambogadzira zvese zveAtlas 5's 5.4-metres fairings pane chimwe chirimwa muSwitzerland. Iyo diki yeAtlas 5 mhuno yemhuno inoshandiswa pane mamwe mamishini inogadzirwa panzvimbo yeULA muHarlingen, Texas.
ULA neRUAG vakagadzira mutsara mutsva wekupayload fairing pazvivakwa zviripo zveAtlas, Delta neVulcan muAlabama.
Mutsetse wekugadzira weAlabama unoshandisa nzira nyowani inorerutsa matanho ekugadzira ekuita. Sekureva kweULA, iyo "isina-autoclave" nzira yekugadzira inogona chete kushandisa ovheni kurapa kabhoni fiber composite fairing, kubvisa yakakwira-kudzvanywa autoclave, iyo inomisa saizi yezvikamu zvinogona kukwana mukati.
Shanduko iyi inobvumira iyo payload fairing kuti ipatsanurwe kuita zvidimbu zviviri pane gumi nesere kana kupfuura zvidimbu zvidiki. Izvi zvinoderedza huwandu hwezvisungo, zviwedzere uye mukana wekuremara, ULA yakati mune blog post gore rapfuura.
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