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0 'I% whicles must PW: lnunchcd from minting 1csI "nnges
or apax launch facilitics. including up to ))o morc than
sewn new launch pds at thc cnirIin8 sitcs.
0 The vchiclcs cannot bc lnunchcd from mohilc launchers.
0 'rtw whiclcs cannot hc lnunchcd from on nirplanc or any
watcrhmc platform, othcr thnn a submarine.
Iclcmctty must k tronsmittctl uncmvyptcd. and n t.y*
supplid to the othcr party to t k Pmaty. cxccpt For
I I mission3 per year using fully rctiml vchiclcsthat may
rcturn cncry~tcd data.
Figurc IO shtnvs thc pcrformanck of t k Rnllistic misrilc
dcrivatim to four typical orbits.. AlthrruQh it currcntly dms
not appear likcly that the MM-Ill Ik! will bc retired,
MM-ill data is prcsentcd hccauk thc ammcrcially avnilahlc
Orhus third stage wnvcrts MM-II performance to that
of MM-Ill. It is seen that the MM-II and thc Poxidon C3
havc fairly limitcd performance. whik t k MM-OfIOrRus has
c7pability that is c k r to thc tam1 ranpp of intcrcsl. Thc
Pcacckccper has fairly significant capability but may not tx
amilablc for othcr applicaiions until BO3 and hcpnd with
the poasibk clrccpthn of thc 50 miwiles mcntioned earlier.
Thc volumc available for the pnylod is mmcwhat smaller
lhan that of othcr small launch vchicles. hit prcliminary
in-house Acrcmpacc studies of small Pcmxkccpcr-launchcd
s;itcllitcs with no modifcation to the cxtcmr~l dimcmions of
thc launch vchiclc (so it could still bc launcltcctl frnm a sib iC
survivability is an issue) indiatc it is fc,?sibk to package
viable satellites. For casts whcrc survivability is not an issue.
the payload fairing can be cnlargcd to prraridt morc rmm at
the cqxnoc of some perfcmnance. Other brctorn that must
bc studied in morc dctail includc thc fcmibility of dcrigning
satellites to withstand the morc scvcrc Inuncli cnvironmcnt
pmduad by ballistic missilcs. that is, the 19 ~ ' mlcratbn
s
of Pcaockeepr. Again. vcry prcliminaPpl cstirnatcs indicate
this should not br a problem. Finally. the rmu. which Raw
becn prwiilcd by thr Air Forcc Multi-!kkcc lsunch Systems
(MSBS)organimtbn, are wen th be m!mirkrably Imr
than thw of the R ~US and Smut 98 ~:hklm preMntcd
earlier on a dollan per pound to orbit bt3. onsl n h t the
mmc as tr#: Taupus. Qnrm: again. mntrnlling satcllitc might
and sim is sccn to pn~vidc largc dividends in Imwr launch
cclls.
An option that his not ken chcckcd for viability or cost is to
laurrch trmats from a submarinc at the South Pole. The satcllite
m!d be in orbit kforc it crowd thc equator. In the
ca.%? olSIBMs tk treaty mnndata: (a) retiring submarina;
0)
rcducin8 the numkr of warheads ptr tuk; or (c)sailing
with cmptv tubes. IF thc empty-tuhe option wrc sclcctcd.
thc empty t ub could pcrhnps bc used for tacsa! launchcs.
Minitfernan fkriwfives. Martin Mariclln lriunch Systcms.
Iknvcr, Colordo. hrrrr kcn wmrdcd A S133M Air Force
amtract lo mtrdify 44 MM-lls for spacc launch. 'rhe basic
contract is for twr, launchcs at 830M. with optkm for 42
morc. 'I'hc MM-II hnsthrcc stnacs. Martin Mnricttnwill ndd
a fcunh slagc (the Orbun. built by Acmjct). bringing itsapn-
hility up to appmimatcly thc samc as MM-111. and a ncw
guidance syslcm that would govcrn the cntirc hocater. First
launch is cxpcctcd frnm VAFlI in 1994. lsunch mts a x
cxpcctcd to bc about ESM lo UIM per launch. with a future
reduction to WM pcr launch.
~afljlTndcnfl.~seirlon Derivatives. Imkhccd Missilcs nnd
Space Company (I.MSC) has propcncd using thc Pwidon
C-3 submarinc missile as a small spacc launch vchiclc that
coulddcli~r7[#)lb(31$kg)toa270~270nm(500~500km)
70 dcg orbit.. l'hcrc arc ahnut 60 C-3 vchiclcs in staragc.
Other options includc the Tridcnt I C4 and thc Tridcnt II
11-5. The C-4 muld deliver I##) lb (545 kg) to I,EO: thc 11-5
coulddclivcr 2DOOIb(91)9 kg). ltshould bc noicd that. at this
time. it docs not appear that thc 1JS Navy will make suhmarinc
mQilcs available Tor mnvcnion and. in fact. has
plans lo dcstroy any surplus hardware rcsulting from treaty
negotiations.
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OB Independent States (CIS)
The CIS hassurplus ballistic missile hardwarc it would likc to
cxchangc for hard currency. The cr-Swict spacc organizatbn,
Glavkoamcla. has rcorganixd to market joint Husqian-
Kazakhistnn space launch scrviccs (uwpcration is ncedcd
a i m the Dnikonur Cmmtdrome is bmtcd in Knzakhstan.
which has formcd its own national spacc ngcncy) and has test
flarn B conwrtcd SI9 missilc; thcre are about 30 S!!-19
missiles in inwntory, each capabk of carrying six nuclear
wrkds. TIE smallcr S-25 can carry only a single wark&d.
but tkre are more than 300 in thc military's inventory.
The world's mat pcxerful YCDM. thc SS-IR, has also becn
prqmwl rn n opcrca: lnunch =hick. This vchiclc can lnunch
up to a doacn rmell (IWm Ih or 45-91 kg) salcllitcs into