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Minotaur i user’s guide, Appendix a – Orbital Minotaur I User Manual

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Minotaur I User’s Guide

Appendix A

SPACECRAFT SLOSH MODEL*

SLOSH MODEL
UNDER 0 g

Pendulum Mass:  lb

m

 kg


Pendulum Length:  ft  m

Pendulum Xs:  in  cm

Attachment Ys:  in  cm

Point Zs:  in  cm

Natural Frequency of Fundamental Sloshing Mode (Hz): ,

SLOSH MODEL
UNDER 1 g

Pendulum Mass:  lb

m

 kg


Pendulum Length:  ft  m

Pendulum Xs:  in  cm

Attachment Ys:  in  cm

Point Zs:  in  cm

Natural Frequency of Fundamental Sloshing Mode (Hz): ,

ASCENT TRAJECTORY REQUIREMENTS

Free Molecular Heating at Fairing Separation:
(Standard Service: = 360 Btu/ft

2

/hr)

Btu/ft

2

/hr

FMH ≤

W/m

2

Fairing Internal Wall Temperature
(Standard Service: = 200°F)

deg F

T ≤

deg C

Dynamic Pressure at Fairing Separation:
(Standard Service: = 0.01 lb

f

/ft

2

)

lb

f

/ft

2

q ≤

N/m

2

Ambient Pressure at Fairing Separation:
(Standard Service: = 0.3 psia)

lb

f

/in

2

P ≤

N/m

2

Maximum Pressure Decay During Ascent:
(Standard Service: = 0.6 psia)

lb

f

/in

2

/sec

Δ P ≤  N/m

2

/sec

Thermal Maneuvers During Coast Periods:
(Standard Service: none)

Release 3.0

March 2014

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