Orbital Minotaur VI - Manual (Page 12)

Minotaur IV • V • VI User’s Guide Table of Contents
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Figure 7.2-3. Encapsulated Payload Transport to the Launch Site ........................................................... 77
Figure 7.3-1. Minotaur IV Launch Site Operations .................................................................................... 78
Figure 7.3.1-1. Minotaur Uses Vertical Integration for Each Booster Stage, the Guidance Control
Assembly, and the Encapsulated Payload Assembly ....................................................... 79
Figure 7.3.4-1. Notional Minotaur Countdown Timeline ............................................................................ 80
Figure 7.3.4-2. Minotaur IV Prepared for Launch ...................................................................................... 80
Figure 8.3-1. GN
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Purge Interface To Minotaur Fairing (Flyaway at Liftoff) .............................................. 82
Figure 8.4-1. Example Location and Size of Additional Access Panel ...................................................... 82
Figure 8.5-1. Representative Minotaur 92” Enhanced Instrumentation Locations (Fairing Only) ............. 83
Figure 8.6-1. Minotaur Team Has Extensive Experience in a Payload Processing
Clean Room Environment ..................................................................................................... 84
Figure 8.7-1. Orbital’s Secure FTS System Block Diagram ....................................................................... 85
Figure 8.8-1. TDRSS 20W LCT2 Transmitter and Cavity Backed S-band Antenna .................................. 85
Figure 8.8-2. TDRSS Notional Telemetry Flow.......................................................................................... 86
Figure 8.9-1. Hydrazine Auxiliary Propulsion System (HAPS) Used to Provide Insertion Accuracy ......... 86
Figure 8.10-1. Minotaur Soft Ride Significantly Attenuates Peak LV Dynamic Environments .................. 87
Figure 8.11-1. Operational and Disposal LEOs ......................................................................................... 87
Figure 8.15-1. Typical Propellant Loading Schematic ............................................................................... 88
Figure 8.15-2. UPC Provides Reliable and Demonstrated Hydrazine Servicing for Minotaur ................... 89
Figure 8.17-1. P-PODs Have Successfully Flown On Multiple Minotaur Missions .................................... 90
Figure 8.18-1. Expanded View of Minotaur IV Lite Configuration .............................................................. 91
Figure 8.19-1. Minotaur IV Vehicle Processing and Launch From KLC .................................................... 92
Figure 8.19-2. Launch Complex 46 at CCAFS Supports All Minotaur Configurations .............................. 92
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