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thc orhilot planc c~cctivcly prcces nhmt tl#: plar rmis of
thc Emh. Wkn thc planc of thc ~~a~r#l oatcllitc Rin,
mhicvcd thc desired scparntion from that of tbc first. a scc-
OM! hurn of that satcllitc's ploplaion can Pn: uwd to rcturn
thc satcllitc to Ihc Sainc altitude and rnclinotion m thc othcr.
Inth~~~.thccacc~~hcmatcnpahililyoftIPc~Pkunis might bc
uscd lo launch n silent sparc. It should ttC pbintcd out that
thr:ljurusaystcm islreingdcsignrtl (11 tw rckntahlc fcirsurvivnhility
rcxwns sin= it W.LI prilptwd for S;i;ur 1)cfcn.w
Initiatinr(SI)I)uw. 'I'hc Sl)l-~RtUliit~d rcquircmcnt for thc
sF1r.m WR~ to hc ahk lo cstnhlish n liiunch site in fivc drip
nnd lnunchesatcllitcthrccd;~~ IiiW. Awinwryoftrucbcarrying
tk appropriate cquipmcnt prcwtrkh this rap:ihility.
Further study is rcquircd to dcicrminc if thh capability L5 of
any bcncfit to thc lagat miuion.
Scotrr I. *lk NASA Swiui whiclc hccarnc cipcmtional in
IWl. ~9 of July 1991 only four vchtclcs rcmainctl. It is a
four-slagc. solid prqwllant. .writs hurn rttdrct. 'I'hc Scoul
can dclivcr 146 kp, to R sun-synchroncra phr orhit. Md) Ib
(22f) kp,) ton 1,EO plar orhit (Iiiunchcd from ViinJcntxrg).
or 571) lh(2.59 kg) to an c;utcrly(3~.7dcg)or~it Iailnchcd from
Wallop IhxJ. Virginin. 'I'hc Scout iscascntially phnscd out
;IS a 1JS launch whiclc nlthough it is anticipotrd that thc Italinns
will support iin cnhanccd (Swwt 2) prqrani in cmpcration
with IJS industry. The Italians.will launch from San
Mnrco. off thc m;nt of Kcnya.
'I'hc minimum Scout IiiuWh vchiclc-only uat IS quoted ni
flflb4. which incrcxscr to $12-13M for lull launch wtcrvisC.
This translaics lo fZ.fJl#) to S37,UIl) pr Ih (a55.tm to M2.m
pcr he). which dirs not amparc I;lvoriihly with tk currcnt
industry avcragc of 910.fm) to $1 1.m) pr 111 ($U.m to
SUdHlO pcr kg) for dclivcring Iitrgc ccimmcrci:il ra;cllitcs io
(;lo.
.Ycortf2. An upgriidcd wrSton (Scout 2) has twcn studictl thnt
can douhlc thc piiyhincl cap:ihility of SWNI~ I. Sirilpon solids
nnd nn al#)~,cc hick motor ~ddcd to Ihc cmklinn nm whklc
yrkl ihc CnhRnCCd pcrformancc.
Tiitnu. 'H'aurus is a DAHBA dcwlopmcnc of ti Standad
Small lsunrh Vchicle (SSIY) hhrd on the Pcpws with tk
addition of 8 bcacckccprr fimt stagc. It 410 +:iwr 3.W Ib
(1.364 kg) to I .EO or HdH) Ih (364 ka) to CIIEO. 'tiitinin will h
gmuml-lrunckd ~ ml will tlcmcmstratc ik r~pid cstnhlish-
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WAKEAO COAHEAD
mcnt of a ground mobilc launch c;lpahility. A rcspnsc timc
of 72 hnun From alert to lnunch is thc goal.
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C'orotst~u. '17iis is a cnmmcrcial dcvclopmcnt of Spacc Scrviiccs
Incnpwstcd (SS?). whkh is nnw n division of EER. A
NASA-fundcd effort cntillcd thc Commcrcial Elcpcrimcnt
'f'ranspwlcr (COMET) usina cnmmcrcial husincss practiccs
is undcrwny at Wcstinghousc Electric Corpration to dcmonslrnlc
tk cconomical dcvclopmcnt of a rcliahlc launch
rind pnyload rcuwcrysystcrn. SSI isprcividingthc launchscrqmcnt
of thc prngram and is using rocket technology
&@wlopd by Isrclcli Aircnifl lnduslry ( IN). rathcr than surplus
LIS govcmmcnt moton. to incrcw rcliahility and
r~duar insurance m(S. Thc familyof whiclcs isdcsigncd for
cmlutinnary grcnvth.
Cniiestqa I1 dclivcrs a payloiid of 7Ol) Ih (31H kg) to 250 nm
(463 krn) polar orhit. or 4Cll Ih (182 kg) to 400 nm (741) km)
polar orhil. Concstqn IV dc1iv.n paylo;ids of 2.fW Ih
(W
kg)md IsUOlh(f242kg). rcspcctivcly. 'I'hc vchiclc kimily
is dmigncd to uw a rclwatahlc launch site. Iaunch is nominally
from Wallops Right Facility. VAFH. or Whitc Sands
Mis!ilc Rangc. In addition. thc vchiclcs arc also dcsigncd to
k umpatihlc with pn~poecd Hawaii. Florida. or Capc York
SpaCCprt!.
Olhital l5pm.u. A contract his bccn awiirdcd to Intcrniitional
Micr'ipacc. Onc. for launch scMccs for thc SI)IO's Miniaturc
Scckcr lcchnology Intcgration (MSII) program.
International Micrth'ipncc. of licrndon. Virginin. is offering
its Orhital Exprcss ground-hxwd launchcr to dclivcr a pykuld
of Ib (182 fq) into ii sun-synchronous orbit. 'l'hc
Orhital Effprcss has cl