United Launch Alliance nwere ike ibunye cryogenic methane na oxygen mmiri mmiri n'ime saịtị nnwale rọketi Vulcan na Cape Canaveral maka oge mbụ n'ime izu ndị na-abịa ka ọ na-ezube ibido roket Atlas 5 nke na-esote ya n'etiti ụgbọ elu. Nnwale igodo nke rọketi ga-eji otu mwepu rọketi ahụ. mgbagwoju na-abịa afọ.
Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ULA na-eji rọketi Atlas 5 na-arụ ọrụ iji nwalee ihe nke rọketi Vulcan Centaur dị ike karịa n'ihu ụgbọ elu mbido ụgbọ elu ọhụrụ. Igwe ogbo izizi BE-4 ọhụrụ sitere na ụlọ ọrụ oghere Jeff Bezos Blue Origin dị njikere ma na-aga n'ihu na mbido nnwale mbụ nke Vulcan.
Onye isi ọrụ ULA John Albon kwuru na mbido May na rọketi mbụ Vulcan kwesịrị ịdị njikere maka igba egbe na njedebe nke afọ.
Mwepụta mbụ Vulcan nwere ike ime n'ọgwụgwụ afọ a ma ọ bụ mmalite 2022, Col. Robert Bongiovi, onye isi ụlọ ọrụ Space Force's Space na Missile Systems Center's Space and Missile Systems Center, kwuru na Wenezde. The Space Force ga-abụ onye ahịa kacha ukwuu nke ULA ka rọketi Vulcan na-eduzi ụgbọ elu asambodo abụọ tupu ịmalite ọrụ agha US mbụ, USSF-106, na mbido 2023.
Mwepụta nke satịlaịtị ndị agha US Atlas 5 na Tuzdee nwalere ụdị nkwalite nke injin elu RL10 ga-efe n'elu ogbo elu Centaur rọketi Vulcan. Mwepụta Atlas 5 na-esote na June ga-abụ rọketi mbụ iji Vulcan. . Dị ka ọta na-akwụ ụgwọ nke emere na USA, ọ bụghị Switzerland.
Mwube na nnwale nke sistemu mgbape ọhụrụ maka rọketi Vulcan Centaur agwụla agwụ, Ron Fortson, onye isi na onye isi njikwa ọrụ mmalite na ULA kwuru.
"Nke a ga-abụ ihe eji eme ihe eji eme ihe abụọ," Fordson kwuru n'oge na-adịbeghị anya ka ọ na-edu ndị nta akụkọ na njem nke Launch Pad 41 na Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. "Ọ dịghị onye mere nke a na mbụ, na-ebupụta Atlas na ahịrị ngwaahịa Vulcan dị iche iche n'otu ikpo okwu."
Igwe RD-180 nke Russia nke rọketi Atlas 5 na-agba na kerosene agwakọta ya na oxygen mmiri mmiri. Igwe ejima nke mbụ nke BE-4 Vulcan na-agba ma ọ bụ gas na-ekpo ọkụ ma ọ bụ mmanụ methane, na-achọ ULA iji wụnye tankị nchekwa ọhụrụ na Platform 41.
Atọ ebe nchekwa methane dị 100,000 gallon dị n'akụkụ ugwu nke Launch Pad 41. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, njikọ 50-50 n'etiti Boeing na Lockheed Martin, kwalitekwara usoro mmiri na-amịpụta ụda nke mmalite, nke na-eme ka ụda kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ na-emepụta site na pad mmalite. Mwepụta rọketi.
A na-akwalitekwa akụrụngwa mmiri mmiri hydrogen na mmiri oxygen na Launch Pad 41 iji nabata nnukwu ọkwa Centaur, nke ga-efe na rọketi Vulcan.
The Vulcan rọketi ọhụrụ Centaur 5 elu ogbo nwere a dayameta nke 17.7 ụkwụ (5.4 mita), ihe karịrị okpukpu abụọ dị ka obosara dị ka Centaur 3 elu ogbo na Atlas 5. Centaur 5 ga-kwadoro site na abụọ RL10C-1-1 engines, na ọ bụghị otu RL10 engine na-eji na ọtụtụ Atlas 5s, na a ga-ebu karịa mmanụ ụgbọala ugboro abụọ.
Fordson kwuru na ULA emechaala nnwale nke tankị nchekwa methane ọhụrụ wee ziga mmiri mmiri cryogenic site na ahịrị ọkọnọ ala na saịtị mmalite na Pad 41.
Fordson kwuru, "Anyị jupụtara tankị ndị a ka anyị mata gbasara akụrụngwa ha. "Anyị nwere mmanụ ụgbọala na-asọfe n'ahịrị niile, anyị na-akpọ nke a ule oyi na-asọ oyi, anyị gafere n'ahịrị niile ruo njikọ na VLP, nke bụ Vulcan igba egbe ikpo okwu, na Vulcan rocket. vertex ewepụtara."
The Vulcan Launch Platform bụ ọhụrụ mobile igba egbe pad nke ga-ebu Vulcan Centaur rọketi si ULA si vetikal integrated facility na Launch Pad 41. N'afọ gara aga, ala crews buliri Vulcan Pathfinder isi ogbo n'elu ikpo okwu na tụgharịa rocket na igba egbe pad maka agba mbụ nke ala ule.
ULA na-echekwa ọkwa VLP na Vulcan Pathfinder na Cape Canaveral Space Operations Center dị nso ebe ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-eji satịlaịtị ịdọ aka na ntị mbụ nke SBIRS GEO 5 nke ndị agha na-akwado roket Atlas 5 ọhụrụ ya.
Na-eso mmalite mmalite nke Atlas 5 na SBIRS GEO 5 nke ọma na Tuesday, ndị otu Vulcan ga-ebugharị rọketi ahụ na Launch Pad 41 ka ọ gaa n'ihu na-anwale Pathfinder. ULA ga-amalite itinye roket Atlas 5 n'ime VIF, nke a na-eme atụmatụ ịmalite na June 23 maka ozi STP-3 Space Force.
ULA na-ezube ibunye mmanụ ụgbọala n'ụgbọ mgbape Vulcan na nke mbụ, dabere na ule mbụ nke sistemụ ala.
"Oge ọzọ anyị wepụtara VLPs, anyị ga-amalite ime ule ndị a site na ụgbọ ala," Fortson kwuru.
Ụgbọ ala Vulcan Pathfinder rutere Cape Canaveral na February n'ime roket ULA sitere na ụlọ ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ dị na Decatur, Alabama.
Mwepụta nke Tuesday bụ akara mbụ Atlas 5 ozi n'ime ihe karịrị ọnwa isii, mana ULA na-atụ anya ka ọ dị ngwa ngwa n'afọ a. Na-esote mbido June 23 nke STP-3, mbido Atlas 5 na-esote bụ ahaziri maka July 30, nke ga-agụnye ụgbọ elu nnwale nke modul ụgbọ mmiri Boeing Starliner.
"Anyị kwesịrị ịrụcha ọrụ na Vulcan n'etiti mmalite," Fordson kwuru. "Anyị ga-ewepụta STP-3 n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke a gasịrị, ha nwere obere windo iji rụọ ọrụ, nwalee na ịnwale, mgbe ahụ anyị ga-etinye ụgbọ ala ọzọ n'ebe ahụ."
The Vulcan Pathfinder rọketi na-akwado site na Blue Origin's BE-4 engine ground test facility, na ule nke tank ya ga-enyere ndị injinia aka ikpebi otú ibunye mmanụ ụgbọala n'ime Vulcan ụbọchị mmalite.
"Anyị ga-aghọta ihe niile akụ na otú ha si arụ ọrụ na ịzụlite CONOPS anyị (echiche nke arụmọrụ) si ebe," Fordson kwuru.
ULA nwere ahụmịhe dị ukwuu na hydrogen mmiri mmiri dị oke oyi, mmanụ roket ọzọ nke a na-eji na ụlọ ọrụ Delta 4 nke rọketi na ọkwa elu Centaur.
"Ha abụọ nwere ezigbo oyi," Fordson kwuru. "Ha nwere ihe dị iche iche, anyị chọrọ ịghọta ka o si eme n'oge nnyefe.
"Nnwale niile anyị na-eme ugbu a bụ ịghọta nke ọma njirimara nke gas a na otú o si akpa àgwà mgbe anyị tinyere ya n'ụgbọala," Fordson kwuru. "Nke ahụ bụ n'ezie ihe anyị ga-eme n'ime ọnwa ole na ole sochirinụ."
Ọ bụ ezie na sistemụ ala Vulcan karịrị akarị, ULA na-eji mwepụta rọketi arụ ọrụ iji nwalee teknụzụ ụgbọ elu ụgbọ elu nke ọgbọ na-abịa.
Ihe ọhụrụ dị iche iche nke Aerojet's Rocketdyne RL10 engine na ọkwa elu Centaur ka ekpughere na Tuesday. Ụdị nke igwe hydrogen ọhụrụ, nke a na-akpọ RL10C-1-1, emeela ka arụmọrụ dịkwuo mma ma dị mfe ịmepụta, dịka ULA siri kwuo.
Igwe RL10C-1-1 nwere oghere dị ogologo karịa injin ejiri na roket Atlas 5 gara aga ma nwee ihe injector ebipụtara 3D ọhụrụ, nke mere ụgbọ elu izizi ya, Gary Harry, osote onye isi oche nke gọọmentị na ihe gbasara gọọmentị kwuru. mmemme azụmahịa. Gary Wentz kwuru. ULA.
Dị ka webụsaịtị Aerojet Rocketdyne siri kwuo, injin RL10C-1-1 na-emepụta ihe dị ka 1,000 pound nke mkpali ọzọ karịa ụdị nke RL10C-1 gara aga nke ejiri na rọketi Atlas 5.
Ihe karịrị 500 RL10 engine nwere ike rọketi kemgbe 1960s. rọketi Vulcan Centaur nke ULA ga-ejikwa ụdị injin RL10C-1-1, dịkwa ka ọrụ Atlas 5 niile ga-eme n'ọdịnihu ma ewezuga capsule ụgbọ mmiri Boeing Starliner, nke na-eji igwe ejima ejima pụrụ iche nke Centaur.
N'afọ gara aga, a malitere ihe nkwalite roket ọhụrụ siri ike nke Northrop Grumman wuru na nke mbụ na ụgbọ elu Atlas 5. A ga-eji nnukwu ihe nkwalite, nke Northrop Grumman wuru, na njem Vulcan na ọtụtụ ụgbọ elu Atlas 5 n'ọdịnihu.
Ọhụrụ booster na-anọchi Aerojet Rocketdyne strap-on booster nke e ji mee ihe na Atlas 5 malite kemgbe 2003. Aerojet Rocketdyne siri ike rocket Motors ga-anọgide na-agba Atlas 5 roket na-ebu manned missions n'ime orbit, ma n'izu a ozi akara ikpeazụ ụgbọ elu nke a agha Atlas 5 imewe ụgbọ ala ochie. Ụgbọ ala mgbanye Aerojet Rocketdyne enwetara ikike ịmalite ndị na-agụ kpakpando.
ULA ejikọtala usoro avionics na nduzi nke Atlas 5 na Delta 4 roket n'ime otu imewe nke ga-efekwa na Vulcan Centaur.
N'ọnwa na-abịa, ULA na-ezube ikpughe usoro ikpeazụ dị ka Vulcan ka ọ ga-ebu ụzọ efe na Atlas 5: ụgwọ ọrụ na-akwụ ụgwọ dị mfe ma dị ọnụ ala iji mepụta karịa mkpuchi imi Atlas 5 gara aga.
Ihe ngosi ịkwụ ụgwọ nke 17.7-ụkwụ (mita 5.4) nke ga-amalite ọnwa na-abịa na ozi STP-3 yiri nke ejiri na rọketi Atlas 5 gara aga.
Ma ihe ngosi ahụ bụ ngwaahịa nke ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe ọhụrụ n'etiti ULA na ụlọ ọrụ Switzerland RUAG Space, bụ nke na-emepụtabu ihe ngosi niile nke Atlas 5's 5.4-mita na osisi dị na Switzerland. A na-arụpụta cone imi Atlas 5 pere mpe nke a na-eji na ọrụ ụfọdụ n'ụlọ ọrụ ULA na Harlingen, Texas.
ULA na RUAG ewepụtala ahịrị nrụpụta akwụ ụgwọ ọhụụ na akụrụngwa Atlas, Delta na Vulcan dị na Alabama.
The Alabama mmepụta akara na-eji ọhụrụ usoro na simplifies na fairing n'ichepụta nzọụkwụ. Dị ka ULA si kwuo, usoro mmepụta nke "na-abụghị autoclave" nwere ike iji oven gwọọ carbon fiber composite fairing, na-ewepụ autoclave dị elu, nke na-egbochi oke akụkụ ndị nwere ike ịbanye n'ime.
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ULA na-ekwu na usoro ọhụrụ ahụ na-eme ka ọ bụrụ ngwa ngwa na ọnụ ala iji wuo ihe ngosi akwụ ụgwọ.
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N'afọ gara aga, US Space Force kwupụtara nkwekọrịta ọtụtụ ijeri dollar iji nyefee ụgwọ nchekwa mba dị oke mkpa na rọketi Vulcan Centaur nke ULA na SpaceX's Falcon 9 na Falcon Heavy na-ebupụta ụgbọ ala site na 2027.
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Oge nzipu: Eprel-28-2024