I-United Launch Alliance ingakwazi ukulayisha i-cryogenic methane ne-oksijini yayo yokuhlola i-Vulcan Rocket test eCape Courvor eCape Course Ukuhlolwa okusemqoka kwamarokhethi azosebenzisa ukwethulwa okufanayo kwe-rocket. kuyinkimbinkimbi eminyakeni ezayo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Ula usebenzisa i-Atlas 5 Rocket yayo yokusebenza ukuze ahlole izakhi ze-Vulcan Centaur Rocket ngaphambi kwendiza yentombazane entsha yemoto. Injini yokuqala entsha ye-BE-4 yokuqala evela eJeff Bezos Space Caccial imvelaphi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka isilungile futhi iqhubekele phambili ekuqalisweni kokuqala kokuhlolwa kwe-Vulcan.
Isikhulu Esiphezulu Esisebenzayo uJohn ALbon uthe ekuqaleni kukaMeyi ukuthi i-vulcan rocket yokuqala kufanele ilungele ukwethulwa ngasekupheleni konyaka.
Ukwethulwa kokuqala kukaVulcan kungathatha sekwedlule isikhathi kulo nyaka noma ekuqaleni kuka-2022, uCol. Robert Bongiovi, umqondisi wesikhala sesistimu ye-Space Force Systems Center, kusho uLwesithathu. Amabutho esikhala azoba yikhasimende elikhulu kakhulu le-ULA njengoba i-Vulcan rocket yenza izindiza ezimbili zokuqinisekisa ngaphambi kokuqala umbuso wayo wezempi wase-US, i-USSF-106, ekuqaleni kuka-2023.
Ukwethulwa kwe-US teltical Satellite Satellite Atlas 5 ngoLwesibili kuhlolwe inguqulo ethuthukisiwe yenjini ephezulu ye-RL10 ephezulu esezindizela esiteji esiphezulu se-Vulcan rocker. Ukwethulwa okulandelayo kwe-Atlas 5 ngoJuni kuzoba yi-rocket yokuqala yokusebenzisa i-Vulcan. . Njengesihlangu esilayishwe esenziwe e-USA, hhayi eSwitzerland.
Ukwakhiwa kanye nokuhlolwa kohlelo olusha lwe-Pad Pad ye-Vulcan Centaur Rocket cishe kuqediwe, kusho uRon Fortson, umqondisi kanye neMenenja Jikelele ye-Launch Operations e-ULA.
"Lokhu kuzoba yiPad esetshenziswayo esetshenziswayo," kusho uFordson muva nje njengoba ahole izintatheli evakashele ekuvulekeni kwePad 41 eCape Can Canaveral Space Station Station. "Akekho noyedwa oye wakwenza lokhu ngaphambili, empeleni wethule ama-atlas kanye nomugqa womkhiqizo we-Vulcan ohlukile endaweni efanayo."
Injini yeRussia Rd-180 ye-Atlas 5 Rocket isebenza ngoKarosene exutshwe nomoya-mpilo woketshezi. Izinjini ezi-4 ze-BULCAN ezi-4 ze-Vulcan ziqhutshwa kugesi wemvelo noma ngophethiloli we-methane, okudinga u-Ula ukufaka amathangi amasha okugcina endaweni yesikhulumi 41.
Amathangi okugcina amathathu we-100,000-gallon methane atholakala ohlangothini olusenyakatho lokuvulwa kwe-pad 41. Inkampani, inzuzo ehlanganyelwe ephakathi kweBoeing kanye ne-Lockheed Martin, futhi ithuthukise umsindo oshubile okhiqizwa yiPad ye-Wearch Pad. Ukwethulwa kwe-rocket.
Izindawo zokugcina ze-liquid hydrogen kanye ne-oxygen youst ekwindla ekhasini lama-pad 41 nazo zathuthukiswa ukuze zamukele isiteji esikhulu se-centaur, ezizondiza ku-vulcan rocket.
I-New Countaur New Centaur 5 ephezulu ye-5.7 inezinyawo ezingamamitha ayi-17,7, ezingaphezu kokuphindwe kabili njenge-Centaur 3-10 yezinjini eziningi ze-Atlas 5.
UFordson uthe u-Ula uqede ukuhlolwa kwamathangi amasha okugcina i-methane futhi wathumela uketshezi lwe-cryogenic ngokusebenzisa imigqa yokuhlinzekwa komhlaba kuya esizeni sokuqalisa ePad 41.
"Sagcwalisa la mathangi ukuze afunde ngezakhiwo zawo," kusho uFordson. "Sinamafutha ageleza kuyo yonke imigqa. Lokhu sikubiza ngokuthi ukuhlolwa kokugeleza okubandayo. Sidlule kuyo yonke imigqa kuze kube ukuxhumana ne-VLP, okuyintokazi ye-Vulcan yeqa i-Vulcan rocket. vertex. "
Ipulatifomu yokwethula i-Vulcan yethulwa i-pad entsha ezothwala i-Vulcan Centaur Rocket endaweni ehlanganisiwe ye-ULA yokwethula i-Pad 41.
I-ULA igcina izigaba ze-VLP ne-Vulcan Pathfinder Stages eCanaveral Space Operation Center ngenkathi inkampani ilungiselela i-Atlas 5 Rocket entsha yayo entsha ye-Atlas 5
Ukulandela ukwethulwa okuphumelelayo kwe-Atlas 5 ne-SBIRS geo 5 ngoLwesibili, iqembu laseVulcan lizohambisa i-rocket ibuyele ukuze yethule i-pad 41 ukuze iqhubeke nokuhlola i-padfinder. I-ULA izoqala ukubeka i-Atlas 5 Rocket ngaphakathi kwe-VIF, ehlelelwe ukwethula ngoJuni 23 nge-SPPOL Force's STP-3 Mission.
I-ULA ihlela ukulayisha uphethiloli kwi-Vulcan Launch Vehicle okokuqala, ngokusekelwe ekuhlolweni kusenesikhathi kohlelo lomhlabathi.
"Ngokuzayo lapho sikhipha ama-VLPs, sizoqala ukwenza lezi zivivinyo zemoto," kusho uForson.
I-Vulcan Pathfinder Vehicle yafika eCape Canaveral ngoFebhuwari ngaphakathi kwe-Ula Rocket evela esikhungweni senkampani eDectur, Alabama.
Ukwethulwa kwangoLwesibili kumakwe i-Atlas 5 Mission yokuqala ngezinyanga ezingaphezu kweziyisithupha, kepha ula ulindele ukuthi ijubane lisheshe kulo nyaka. Ngemuva kukaJuni 23 Ukwethulwa kwe-STP-3, ukwethulwa okulandelayo kwe-Atlas 5 kuhlelwe ngoJulayi 30, okuzobandakanya indiza yokuhlola ye-BOEING's Crew Module.
"Sidinga ukuqeda umsebenzi ku-Vulcan phakathi kokuvulwa," kusho uFordson. "Sizokwethula i-STP-3 ngokushesha okukhulu ngemuva kwalokhu. Banewindi elincane ukusebenza, ukuvivinya nokuhlola, bese sibeka enye imoto lapho. "
I-Vulcan Pathfinder Rocket inikwa amandla indawo yokuhlola ye-Blue Blue's Bround's Blue's Bround's, futhi izivivinyo zethangi layo zizosiza onjiniyela banqume ukuthi bangalayisha kanjani amafutha ku-Vulcan ngosuku lokuvuvukala.
"Sizoqonda zonke izimpahla nokuthi zisebenza kanjani futhi zithuthukisa izimoto zethu (umqondo wokusebenza) lapho," kusho uFordson.
U-Ula unesipiliyoni esibanzi nge-hydrogen e-ultra-ebandayo e-hydrogen, elinye uphethiloli we-crygenic rocket esetshenziswa emndenini we-Delta 4 wenkampani yamarokhethi nama-centaur angenhla izigaba.
"Bobabili babanda kakhulu," kusho uFordson. "Banezakhiwo ezihlukile. Sifuna nje ukuqonda ukuthi kuziphatha kanjani ngesikhathi sokudluliselwa.
"Konke ukuhlolwa esikwenzayo manje ukuzwisisa ngokuphelele izakhiwo zaleli gesi nokuthi ziziphatha kanjani lapho sikubeka emotweni," kusho uFordson. "Ngempela lokho sizokwenza ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo."
Ngenkathi izinhlelo zomhlaba ze-Vulcan zikhungathekile, u-Ula usebenzisa i-rocket yayo yokusebenza ukuze uvivinye ubuchwepheshe bendiza yendiza elandelayo.
Ukuhluka okusha kwe-Aerojet's Rocketdyne RL10 Injini esiteji esingenhla se-centaur kwambulwa ngoLwesibili. Uhlobo lwakamuva lwe-hydrogen injini, olubizwa nge-RL10C-1-1, luthuthukise ukusebenza futhi kulula ukwenza, ngokusho kuka-Ula.
Injini ye-RL10C-1-1 ine-nozzle ende kunenjini esetshenziswa kumarokhethi angu-Atlas 5 asetshenzisiwe futhi ifaka i-Inder ephrintiwe entsha ye-3D, eyenze indiza yayo yokuqala, kusho uGary Harry, uMphikise Wenkampani Kahulumeni Nezindaba Zohulumeni. Izinhlelo zezentengiso. UGary Gotz uthe. U-Ula.
Ngokusho kwewebhusayithi ye-AEROJET Rocketdne, injini ye-RL10C-1-1 ikhiqiza cishe amakhilogremu acishe abe ngu-1 000 wokungenisa okwengeziwe kunenjini yangaphambilini yenjini ye-RL10C-1 esetshenziswe ku-Atlas 5 Rocket.
Izinjini ezingaphezu kwama-500 RL10 zinamandla amarokhethi kusukela ngawo-1960s. I-Vulcan Centaur Rocket izosebenzisa nemodeli ye-RL10C-1-1, njengoba yonke izokwenzela imisebenzi ye-Atlas 5 yesikhathi esizayo ngaphandle kwe-BOEIng's Crew Capsule, esebenzisa isigaba esiphezulu se-Twin-Injini eyingqayizivele.
Ngonyaka odlule, kwenziwa i-rocket rocket entsha eyakhelwe ngu-Northrop Grumman okokuqala ngqa endizeni ye-Atlas 5. I-booster enkulu, eyakhiwe nguNorthrop Grumman, izosetshenziswa kwi-Vulcan Mission kanye nezindiza eziningi zesikhathi esizayo ze-ATLAS 5.
I-booster entsha ithatha indawo ye-aerojet rokeetdyne strap-on esetshenziselwa ukwethulwa kwe-Atlas 5 kusukela ngo-2003. Imoto ye-Aerojet Rocketdyne yethulwa iqinisekisiwe ukuthi ithunyelwe izinkanyezi.
U-Ula uhlanganise ama-avionics nezinhlelo zokuholwa ze-Atlas 5 ne-Delta 4 Rocket emklamweni owodwa ozondiza futhi kwi-Vulcan Centaur.
Ngenyanga ezayo, u-Ula uhlela ukwembula uhlelo lokugcina olunjengoVulcan olunjenge-Vulcan ukundiza okokuqala ku-Atlas 5: Ukuqamba okukhokhelwayo okulula futhi okushibhile ukukhiqiza kune-canopy yangaphambilini ye-ATLAS 5's Canopy.
I-17.7-Foot (5.4-Meter) Direcloet Factoing ezokuqalisa imali ekhokhelwa ngenyanga ezayo kwi-STP-3 Mission ibukeka ifana nalawo asetshenziswa kuma-Atlas 5 Rocket edlule.
Kepha ukululeka kuwumkhiqizo wokubambisana okusha kwezimboni phakathi kwe-ULA neSwitzerland Company Ruag Space, phambilini kukhiqize konke okwenziwa yi-Atlas 5's Amamitha Asezingeni eliphansi eSwitzerland. I-Atlas 5 ekhaleni elisetshenzisiwe elisetshenziswe komunye ohambweni lenziwa esikhungweni se-ULA eHarlingen, eTexas.
U-Ula no-ruag bathuthukise umugqa wokukhiqiza obhalwe phansi we-payload kuma-atlas akhona, Delta naseVulcan Facilities e Alabama.
Umugqa wokukhiqiza i-Alabama usebenzisa inqubo entsha eyenza lula izinyathelo zokukhiqiza ezifanele. Ngokusho kwe-ULA, indlela yokukhiqiza ye- "non-autoclave" ingasebenzisa kuphela i-oveni yokwelapha i-carbon fiber composite, ukuqeda i-autoclave ephezulu ye-autoclave, ekhawulela usayizi wezingxenye ezingalingana ngaphakathi.
Lolu shintsho luvumela ukulungiswa kwe-Payload kuhlukaniswe ngama-halves amabili esikhundleni sezingcezu eziyi-18 noma ngaphezulu. Lokhu kuzonciphisa inani lama-fasteners, abaphindaphindayo kanye namathuba okuphamba, i-ULA ithe nge-blog post nyakenye ngonyaka.
U-Ula uthi indlela entsha yenza kube ngokushesha futhi kushibhile ukwakha ukulungiswa okukhokhelwayo.
U-Ula uhlela ukundiza ohambweni olungu-30 noma ngaphezulu ongeziwe we-Atlas 5 ngaphambi kokuba i-rocket isethathe umhlalaphansi futhi idluliselwe ku-Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Ngo-Ephreli, u-Amazon wathenga izindiza eziyisishiyagalolunye ze-Atlas 5 ukuthi ziqale ukwethula ama-satellites wenethiwekhi ye-Intanethi yenkampani yeKuiper. Umkhulumeli wesikhungo se-US Space Force's Space and Missingo Systems Center e-US ngeledlule ukuthi ama-atlas ama-anlas ama-atlas ama-atlas ama-atlas ama-atlas eminyaka elandelayo, hhayi ukubala ama-SBIRS geo 5 mission wethule ngoLwesibili.
Ngonyaka odlule, amabutho esikhala sase-US amemezele izinkontileka zamadola ezi-multibillion ukuletha izinkomba zokuphepha ezibucayi zeNational Security kuma-vulcan centaur rockets kanye nama-falcon we-falcon 9 kanye ne-falcon ukuvula izimoto ngo-2027.
NgoLwesine, izindaba zesikhala zibike ukuthi amandla wesikhala ne-Ula avumile ukuhambisa umsebenzi wamasosha wokuqala owabelwe i-Vulcan Centaur rocket e-Atlas 5 Rocket. I-mission, ebizwa nge-USSF-51, ihlelelwe ukwethula ngo-2022.
Ama-Astronauts amane alungiselela ukwethula e-Orbit Aboard Crewx's Crewx's Crew indawo ngaphesheya kolwandlekazi lwe-Atlantic.
Onjiniyela be-Nasa Kennedy Space Center abazokwengamela ukwethulwa kwama-satellites wesayensi kanye nama-plabetary ama-planetary azoba nesibopho sokuqinisekisa indawo ephakeme eyisithupha kulo nyaka ngalesi sinyanga, kusukela nge-NEAA's Atleation yethule -
I-Chinese Rocket yethule ama-satellitete amathathu wokuhlola amasosha okuhlola abe yi-orbittilly ngoLwesihlanu, isethi yesibili enjalo ye-satellite eyethulwe ngaphansi kwezinyanga ezimbili.
Isikhathi Seposi: APR-28-2024