Commercial Experiment Transporter - COMET
| Autor: | Nick Combs, Michael Robinson, Thomas Gallimore, Ramiro S. Martinez, Francis C. Wessling |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Ground support equipment business.product_category Mission control center Computer science business.industry Housekeeping (computing) Aerospace Engineering Attitude control Service module Rocket Space and Planetary Science Telemetry Heat shield Orbit (dynamics) Satellite Aerospace engineering business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 31:846-854 |
| ISSN: | 1533-6794 0022-4650 |
| DOI: | 10.2514/3.26522 |
| Popis: | A launch system consisting of ground-support equipment, a four-stage rocket, a service module, a recovery system and a recovery site, and an orbital operations center is being assembled. The system is designed to launch 818 kg (1800 lb) to a 552-km (300-n.mi.) low earth orbit at a 40-deg inclination. Experiment space exists in both the service module and the recovery system. The service module provides space for 68 kg (150 lb) of experiments plus telemetry services, attitude control, and power and uses no consumables to maintain attitude. Consequently, the service module can maintain orbit attitude for years. Power of 400 W is supplied by solar cells and batteries for both experiment operation and housekeeping. The recovery system houses an experiment carrier for 136 kg (300 lb) of experiments, a retro rocket, a heat shield, and a parachute. An orbital operations control center provides tracking, telemetry, and commanding for the satellite. The payloads are also briefly described. The first launch was scheduled for 1995. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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