A contract was completed to design, build, and test a Payload Spin Assembly (PSA) for installation onto the Martin Marietta Titan 3 Commercial launch vehicle. This assembly provides launch support for satellite payloads up to 5783 kilograms (6.37 tons) and controls release, spin-up, and final separation of the satellite from the second stage. Once separated, the satellite's Perigee Kick Motor (PKM) boosts the satellite into its transfer orbit. The first successful flight occurred December 31, 1989. Requirements, design, test, and problems associated with this mechanical assembly are discussed.
Payload spin assembly for the commercial Titan launch vehicle
01.05.1991
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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The commercial Titan launch vehicle
AIAA | 1987
|SAE Technical Papers | 1989
|Titan Launch Vehicle Program overview
AIAA | 1997
|Tema Archiv | 1989
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