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Vertical<br />

Horizontal<br />

Horizontal<br />

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Figure 5-2. Integrated <strong>Launch</strong> Vehicle Horizontal<br />

Vertical<br />

Horizontal<br />

Horizontal<br />

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Figure 5-3. Integrated <strong>Launch</strong> Vehicle Vertical<br />

CLA required to<br />

determine quasistatic<br />

loads for<br />

flight<br />

Determining the ability of the spacecraft primary and secondary structure<br />

to withstand the dynamic loading events from flight requires a coupled<br />

loads analysis (CLA). <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong> performs a CLA for all critical flight<br />

events to determine the accelerations, loads, and deflections of all primary<br />

and secondary structure of the spacecraft caused by the coupled<br />

elastic behavior of the Zenit-3SL launch vehicle and the spacecraft. The<br />

results determine the interface loads of the spacecraft with the spacecraft<br />

adapter. The resulting equivalent spacecraft quasi-static load factors at<br />

the spacecraft center of gravity can then be determined for a specific<br />

spacecraft with given mass and stiffness properties.<br />

5-4 D688-10009-1 REV B

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