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Appendix F: RBS Booster Design for Operability
Pages 100-102

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... The Air Force baseline mission model includes eight RBS launches per year, using four RBS boosters on each coast (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Vandenberg Air Force Base)
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From page 101...
... Avoid thermal protection systems that are prone to in-flight degradation or that absorb moisture. -- Fewer rocket engines, preferably between two and four main engine, provide multiple operability benefits, such as reducing confined spaces which inherently require purges, reducing servicing and ground interfaces and reducing the number of systems for leak detection.
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... Adapting these to the RBS booster will require redesign to accommodate the harsh vibration and acoustic environment imposed by rocket engines and then validation by extensive qualification testing. This redesign/ qualification effort could be considered technology development, but it is not considered an especially high technical risk.
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Key Terms

  • ground processing
  • operability requirements
  • reusable booster
  • booster ground
  • vehicle design

  • space shuttle
  • highly reusable
  • require purges
  • main engine
  • design approaches

  • shuttle orbiter
  • power generation
  • mission model
  • performance driven
  • reusable space

  • rapid ground
  • rocket engines
  • space transportation
  • launch vehicle
  • avoid closed

  • reusable flyback
  • risk associated
  • vandenberg air
  • items requiring
  • considered technology

  • auxiliary propulsion
  • remaining fluids
  • using common
  • designs currently
  • orbiter experience


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