Sea Launch User's Guide
Sea Launch User's Guide
Sea Launch User's Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1-1<br />
Purpose................................................................................................................................ 1-1<br />
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1.1 Overview of the <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong> System ...................................................................... 1-1<br />
What the system includes........................................................................................... 1-1<br />
Advantages................................................................................................................. 1-2<br />
Timeline ..................................................................................................................... 1-2<br />
1.2 <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong> Organization........................................................................................ 1-4<br />
Overview.................................................................................................................... 1-4<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong> Company ................................................................................................ 1-5<br />
Boeing Commercial Space Company ........................................................................ 1-5<br />
RSC Energia............................................................................................................... 1-6<br />
KB Yuzhnoye/PO Yuzhmash .................................................................................... 1-7<br />
Anglo-Norwegian Kvaerner Group ........................................................................... 1-8<br />
2. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................. 2-1<br />
Overview............................................................................................................................. 2-1<br />
Design ................................................................................................................................. 2-1<br />
Flight history....................................................................................................................... 2-2<br />
Flight success ratios............................................................................................................ 2-2<br />
Payload accommodation (PLA).......................................................................................... 2-3<br />
2.1 Zenit Stage 1 ............................................................................................................. 2-4<br />
Stage 1 primary structure........................................................................................... 2-4<br />
RD-171 engine........................................................................................................... 2-5<br />
Overall specifications and configurations.................................................................. 2-6<br />
2.2 Zenit Stage 2 ............................................................................................................. 2-8<br />
Stage 2 primary structure........................................................................................... 2-8<br />
Three-axis control ...................................................................................................... 2-8<br />
2.3 Block DM-SL⎯Upper Stage................................................................................... 2-9<br />
Configuration ............................................................................................................. 2-9<br />
Propulsion .................................................................................................................. 2-9<br />
Attitude control ........................................................................................................ 2-11<br />
2.4 Payload Unit ........................................................................................................... 2-12<br />
Components and integration .................................................................................... 2-12<br />
Future 5 m capability ............................................................................................... 2-12<br />
Payload fairing ......................................................................................................... 2-14<br />
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