Orbital Minotaur I User Manual
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Minotaur I User’s Guide
Table of Contents
PAGE
1.
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1.
Minotaur Family Performance and Capability ............................................................................... 2
2.
MINOTAUR I CONFIGURATIONS ..................................................................................................... 4
2.1.
Minotaur I Launch System Overview ............................................................................................ 4
2.2.
Minotaur I Launch Service ............................................................................................................ 4
2.3.
Minotaur I Launch Vehicle ............................................................................................................ 5
2.3.1.
Lower Stack Assembly .............................................................................................................. 5
2.3.2.
Upper Stack Assembly .............................................................................................................. 6
2.3.2.1.
Avionics ............................................................................................................................... 6
2.3.2.2.
Attitude Control Systems ..................................................................................................... 7
2.3.2.3.
Telemetry Subsystem.......................................................................................................... 7
2.3.3.
Payload Interface ....................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.4.
Payload Fairing .......................................................................................................................... 8
2.4.
Launch Support Equipment .......................................................................................................... 9
3.
GENERAL PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................ 11
3.1.
Mission Profiles ........................................................................................................................... 11
3.2.
Launch Sites ............................................................................................................................... 11
3.2.1.
Western Launch Sites ............................................................................................................. 13
3.2.2.
Eastern Launch Sites .............................................................................................................. 13
3.2.3.
Alternate Launch Sites ............................................................................................................ 13
3.3.
Performance Capability ............................................................................................................... 13
3.4.
Injection Accuracy ....................................................................................................................... 18
3.5.
Payload Deployment ................................................................................................................... 19
3.6.
Payload Separation ..................................................................................................................... 19
3.7.
Collision/Contamination Avoidance Maneuver ........................................................................... 19
4.
PAYLOAD ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................................. 20
4.1.
Steady State and Transient Acceleration Loads......................................................................... 20
4.1.1.
Transient Loads ....................................................................................................................... 21
4.1.2.
Steady-State Acceleration ....................................................................................................... 22
4.2.
Payload Vibration Environment................................................................................................... 23
4.3.
Payload Acoustic Environment ................................................................................................... 23
4.4.
Payload Shock Environment ....................................................................................................... 23
4.5.
Payload Structural Integrity and Environments Verification ........................................................ 23
4.6.
Thermal and Humidity Environments .......................................................................................... 24
4.6.1.
Ground Operations .................................................................................................................. 24
4.6.2.
Powered Flight ......................................................................................................................... 25
4.6.3.
Nitrogen Purge (non-standard service) ................................................................................... 26
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March 2014
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