NASA/TM-108475, Toelle, Ronald, A 20k Payload Launch Vehicle Fast Track Development Concept Using an RD-180 Engine and a Centaur Upper Stage, Space Transportation and Exploration Office, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812, January 1995, pp. 79, Format(s): PDF 4195k |
A launch vehicle concept to deliver 20,000 lb of payload to a 100-nmi orbit has been defined. A new liquid oxygen/kerosene booster powered by an RD-180 engine was designed while using a slightly modified Centaur upper stage. The design, development, and test program met the imposed 40-mo schedule by elimination of major structural testing by increased factors of safety and concurrent engineering concepts. A growth path to attain 65,000 lb of payload is developed.
| Keywords: | 20k payload, fast-track development, concurrent engineering |
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| CASI Document ID Number: | 95N19648 |
| Subjects: | Astronautics: Launch Vehicles And Launch Operations: Launch Vehicles |
| ID Code: | 258 |
| Deposited On: | 26 June 2002 |