Double Launch Rocketry Space System
- Paper number
IAC-06-D1.1.02
- Author
Mr. Sergey Matvienko, Ukraine
- Year
2006
- Abstract
A concept of the Double Launch Rocketry Space System (RSS) is a schematic of space-craft (SC) insertion to an operational orbit, first of all to a geosynchronous orbit (GSO) utilizing two launch vehicles. By the first launch vehicle the spacecraft with the RB-1 up-per stage (US) are delivered to a base line orbit which are equipped with a passive segment of a docking device. The second LV delivers to the same base line orbit the RB-2 module, which is completely fueled, and equipped with an active segment of the docking device. Thereafter, docking of these two segments occurs in-orbit. A cluster of the RB-2, RB-1 modules and SC inserts the SC to their operational orbits. Regarding the advanced Ukrainian Cyclone-4 LV, the SC weight in the GSO inserted per the "double launch" schematic amounts to 3.5 t. Ukraine possesses the required scientific and engineering potential for development an automatic docking approach and orbital linkup assurance system (ADA\&OLAS). Thus, the Kourse ADA\&OLAS, which is employed for the Russian Soyuz and Progress space vehicles, is manufactured at the Ukrainian Kourse (for eng. course) Public Corporation. A prototype of the docking device has been already manufactured and undergone testing pro-cedures. It is obviously that by means of the Double Launch RSS, one may assure a "triple" and so forth launch that makes it possible to increase the SC weight delivered to their operational orbits up to infinity. Thereby, through the Double Launch RSS one may solve the following tasks: reduction of SC orbiting outlay; augmentation of SC weight delivered to their operational orbits; extension of a circle of potential launch services’ customers through enrollment of payload designers; development of a platform for maintainable SC based on the LV US.
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