The NASA Constellation Program (CxP) is developing a two-element Earth-to-Orbit launch system to enable human exploration of the Moon. The first element, Ares I, is a human-rated system that consists of a first stage based on the Space Shuttle Program's solid rocket booster (SRB) and an upper stage that consists of a four-crew Orion capsule, a service module, and a Launch Escape System. The second element, Ares V, is a Saturn V-plus category launch system that consists of the core stage with a cluster of six RS-68B engines and augmented with two 5.5-segment SRBs, a Saturn-derived J-2X engine powering an Earth Departure Stage (EDS), and the lunar-lander vehicle payload, Altair.


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    Title :

    Launch order, launch separation, and loiter in the constellation 1½-launch solution


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2009-03-01


    Size :

    1543296 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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