United Launch Alliance ikhoza kuyika cryogenic methane ndi oxygen yamadzi mu malo ake oyesera roketi ya Vulcan ku Cape Canaveral kwa nthawi yoyamba m'masabata akubwera pomwe ikukonzekera kukhazikitsa roketi yake ya m'badwo wotsatira ya Atlas 5 pakati pa ndege. Kuyesa kofunikira kwa ma roketi omwe adzagwiritse ntchito roketi lomwelo. zovuta m'zaka zikubwerazi.
Pakadali pano, ULA ikugwiritsa ntchito roketi yake ya Atlas 5 kuyesa roketi yamphamvu kwambiri ya Vulcan Centaur patsogolo paulendo woyambira wagalimoto yatsopanoyi. Injini yatsopano ya BE-4 yoyamba yochokera ku kampani ya mlengalenga ya Jeff Bezos Blue Origin yakonzeka ndikupita patsogolo ndikuyesa koyamba kwa Vulcan.
Chief Operating Officer ku ULA John Albon adati koyambirira kwa Meyi kuti roketi yoyamba ya Vulcan iyenera kukhala yokonzeka kukhazikitsidwa kumapeto kwa chaka.
Kukhazikitsa koyamba kwa Vulcan kungachitike kumapeto kwa chaka chino kapena koyambirira kwa 2022, Col. Robert Bongiovi, mkulu wa Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Space and Missile Systems Center, adatero Lachitatu. Space Force ikhala kasitomala wamkulu wa ULA pomwe roketi ya Vulcan imayendetsa ndege ziwiri zotsimikizira isanakhazikitse ntchito yake yoyamba yankhondo yaku US, USSF-106, koyambirira kwa 2023.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa satelayiti yankhondo yaku US ya Atlas 5 Lachiwiri idayesa mtundu wokwezeka wa injini ya RL10 yapamwamba yomwe idzawuluke pamtunda wa Vulcan rocket's Centaur. Kukhazikitsidwa kotsatira kwa Atlas 5 mu June kudzakhala roketi yoyamba kugwiritsa ntchito Vulcan. . Monga chishango cholipira chopangidwa ku USA, osati Switzerland.
Kumanga ndi kuyesa njira yatsopano yotsegulira rocket ya Vulcan Centaur yatsala pang'ono kutha, adatero Ron Fortson, mkulu ndi woyang'anira ntchito zoyambitsa ntchito ku ULA.
"Izi zikhala njira zoyambira ziwiri," Fordson adatero posachedwa pomwe amatsogolera atolankhani paulendo wa Launch Pad 41 ku Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. "Palibe amene adachitapo izi m'mbuyomu, ndikuyambitsa Atlas ndi mzere wosiyana wa Vulcan papulatifomu yomweyo."
Injini yaku Russia ya RD-180 ya roketi ya Atlas 5 imayendera palafini wosakanikirana ndi okosijeni wamadzimadzi. Ma injini awiri oyamba a BE-4 Vulcan amayendera gasi wachilengedwe kapena mafuta a methane, zomwe zimafuna ULA kukhazikitsa matanki atsopano osungira pa Platform 41.
Matanki atatu osungira methane a 100,000-gallon ali kumpoto kwa Launch Pad 41. Kampaniyi, mgwirizano wa 50-50 pakati pa Boeing ndi Lockheed Martin, inakonzanso njira yamadzi yotulutsa phokoso lamadzi, yomwe imachepetsa phokoso lamphamvu lopangidwa ndi poyambira. Kuyambitsa roketi.
Malo osungira madzi a haidrojeni ndi okosijeni wamadzimadzi ku Launch Pad 41 adasinthidwanso kuti agwirizane ndi siteji yayikulu ya Centaur, yomwe imawulukira pa rocket ya Vulcan.
Vulcan roketi latsopano Centaur 5 siteji chapamwamba ali ndi awiri a 17.7 mapazi (5.4 mamita), kupitirira kawiri lonse monga Centaur 3 chapamwamba siteji pa Atlas 5. Centaur 5 adzakhala mothandizidwa ndi awiri RL10C-1-1 injini, osati RL10 injini ntchito pa ambiri Atlas ndi nthawi 5.
Fordson adati ULA yamaliza kuyesa matanki atsopano osungira methane ndikutumiza madzi a cryogenic kudzera pamizere yapansi kumalo otsegulira pa Pad 41.
"Tidadzaza matanki awa kuti tidziwe za katundu wawo," adatero Fordson. "Tili ndi mafuta oyenda m'mizere yonse. Izi timazitcha kuti kuyesa kwa madzi ozizira. Tinadutsa mizere yonse mpaka kulumikiza VLP, yomwe ndi nsanja yoyambitsa Vulcan, yomwe inayambitsa Vulcan rocket. vertex."
Vulcan Launch Platform ndi pulogalamu yatsopano yoyambira mafoni yomwe idzanyamula roketi ya Vulcan Centaur kuchokera ku malo osakanikirana a ULA kupita ku Launch Pad 41. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, ogwira ntchito pansi adakweza Vulcan Pathfinder core stage pa nsanja ndikugubuduza rocket pazitsulo zoyambira kuti ayese kuzungulira koyamba.
ULA imasunga magawo a VLP ndi Vulcan Pathfinder pafupi ndi Cape Canaveral Space Operations Center pomwe kampaniyo ikukonzekera roketi yake yatsopano ya Atlas 5 kuti inyamuke ndi satelayiti yochenjeza ya SBIRS GEO 5 yoyambirira.
Kutsatira kukhazikitsidwa bwino kwa Atlas 5 ndi SBIRS GEO 5 Lachiwiri, gulu la Vulcan lidzasuntha roketi kubwerera ku Launch Pad 41 kuti apitirize kuyesa Pathfinder. ULA iyamba kuyika roketi ya Atlas 5 mkati mwa VIF, yomwe ikuyembekezeka kukhazikitsidwa pa Juni 23 pa ntchito ya Space Force's STP-3.
ULA ikukonzekera kukweza mafuta pagalimoto yoyambitsa Vulcan kwa nthawi yoyamba, kutengera kuyesa koyambirira kwa nthaka.
"Nthawi ina tidzamasula ma VLP, tidzayamba kuyesa izi kudzera pamagalimoto," adatero Fortson.
Galimoto ya Vulcan Pathfinder inafika ku Cape Canaveral mu February itakwera roketi ya ULA kuchokera kumalo a kampani ku Decatur, Alabama.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa Lachiwiri kudawonetsa ntchito yoyamba ya Atlas 5 m'miyezi yopitilira sikisi, koma ULA ikuyembekeza kuti mayendedwe ake afulumizitsa chaka chino. Kutsatira kukhazikitsidwa kwa 23 June kwa STP-3, kukhazikitsidwa kotsatira kwa Atlas 5 kuyenera kuchitika pa Julayi 30, komwe kuphatikizepo kuyesa kwa gawo la gulu la Boeing's Starliner.
"Tiyenera kumaliza ntchito ya Vulcan pakati pa kukhazikitsidwa," adatero Fordson. "Tikhazikitsa STP-3 posachedwa. Ali ndi zenera laling'ono logwirira ntchito, kuyesa ndi kuyesa, kenako tiyika galimoto ina mmenemo."
Roketi ya Vulcan Pathfinder imayendetsedwa ndi malo oyesera a injini ya Blue Origin's BE-4, ndipo kuyesa kwa thanki yake kudzathandiza mainjiniya kudziwa momwe angatengere mafuta mu Vulcan patsiku loyambitsa.
"Timvetsetsa zinthu zonse ndi momwe zimagwirira ntchito ndikukulitsa CONOPS yathu (lingaliro la ntchito) kuchokera pamenepo," adatero Fordson.
ULA ili ndi chidziwitso chambiri ndi hydrogen yozizira kwambiri yamadzimadzi, mafuta ena a roketi a cryogenic omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'banja la roketi la Delta 4 ndi magawo apamwamba a Centaur.
"Onse anali ozizira kwambiri," adatero Fordson. "Ali ndi katundu wosiyanasiyana, tikungofuna kumvetsetsa momwe zimakhalira panthawi yopatsirana.
"Mayeso onse omwe tikuchita pano ndikumvetsetsa bwino momwe gasiyu amachitira komanso momwe amachitira tikayiyika m'galimoto," adatero Fordson. "Izi ndi zomwe tikhala tikuchita m'miyezi ingapo ikubwerayi."
Ngakhale makina apansi a Vulcan ali olemetsedwa, ULA ikugwiritsa ntchito rocket yake kuyesa matekinoloje oyendetsa ndege a m'badwo wotsatira.
Mtundu watsopano wa injini ya Aerojet ya Rocketdyne RL10 pa Centaur upper stage idawululidwa Lachiwiri. Mtundu waposachedwa wa injini ya haidrojeni, yotchedwa RL10C-1-1, yasintha magwiridwe antchito ndipo ndiyosavuta kupanga, malinga ndi ULA.
Injini ya RL10C-1-1 ili ndi mphuno yayitali kuposa injini yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito pamaroketi am'mbuyomu a Atlas 5 ndipo imakhala ndi jekeseni yatsopano yosindikizidwa ya 3D, yomwe idawuluka koyamba, atero a Gary Harry, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamakampani aboma ndi boma. mapulogalamu amalonda. Gary Wentz anatero. ULA.
Malinga ndi tsamba la Aerojet Rocketdyne, injini ya RL10C-1-1 imapanga pafupifupi mapaundi 1,000 owonjezera kuposa mtundu wakale wa injini ya RL10C-1 yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito pa roketi ya Atlas 5.
Ma injini opitilira 500 RL10 agwiritsa ntchito maroketi kuyambira 1960s. Roketi ya ULA's Vulcan Centaur idzagwiritsanso ntchito mtundu wa injini ya RL10C-1-1, monganso ma mission onse amtsogolo a Atlas 5 kupatula Boeing's Starliner crew capsule, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito gawo lapadera la injini ziwiri za Centaur.
Chaka chatha, chowonjezera cholimba cha rocket chomangidwa ndi Northrop Grumman chinakhazikitsidwa koyamba pa ndege ya Atlas 5. Chilimbikitso chachikulu, chomangidwa ndi Northrop Grumman, chidzagwiritsidwa ntchito pa Vulcan mission ndi maulendo ambiri amtsogolo a Atlas 5.
Chowonjezera chatsopanocho chimalowa m'malo mwa Aerojet Rocketdyne strap-on booster yomwe yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito pa Atlas 5 kuyambira 2003. Magalimoto olimba a rocket a Aerojet Rocketdyne adzapitiriza kuwombera ma rocket a Atlas 5 kuti azinyamula mishoni za anthu mu orbit, koma cholinga cha sabata ino chinali kuthawa komaliza kwa galimoto yankhondo ya Atlas 5. Galimoto yotsegulira ya Aerojet Rocketdyne ndiyotsimikizika kuti iyambitse astronaut.
ULA yaphatikiza ma avionics ndi njira zowongolera zamaroketi ake a Atlas 5 ndi Delta 4 kukhala mawonekedwe amodzi omwe aziwulukiranso pa Vulcan Centaur.
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Kuwongolera kolipirira kwamamita 17.7 (mamita 5.4) komwe kudzayambike mwezi wamawa pa ntchito ya STP-3 kumawoneka ngati yofanana ndi yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito pamaroketi a Atlas 5 am'mbuyomu.
Koma chilungamo chimachokera ku mgwirizano watsopano wa mafakitale pakati pa ULA ndi kampani ya ku Switzerland ya RUAG Space, yomwe idatulutsa kale mawonedwe onse a Atlas 5's 5.4-mita pa chomera ku Switzerland. Mphuno yaying'ono ya Atlas 5 yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pamishoni zina imapangidwa ku malo a ULA ku Harlingen, Texas.
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Nthawi yotumiza: Apr-28-2024