The expended capabilities for Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTV) which will be needed to meet increased payload requirements for transporting materials and men to geosynchronous orbit are discussed. The requirement to provide manrating offers challenges and opportunities to the propulsion system designers. The propulsion approaches utilized in previous manned space vehicles of the United States are reviewed. The principals of reliability analysis are applied to the Orbit Transfer Vehicle. Propulsion system options are characterized in terms of the test requirements to demonstrate reliability goals and are compared to earlier vehicle approaches.


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    Title :

    Manrating Orbital Transfer Vehicle Propulsion


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







    Orbital transfer vehicle propulsion issues

    Bergeron, R. P. / Weldon, V. A. | NTRS | 1984