Orbital Minotaur VI - Manual (Page 54)

Minotaur IV • V • VI User’s Guide Section 4.0 – Payload Environment
4.3. Payload Acoustic Environment
The acoustic environments to which the spacecraft will be exposed have been defined based on
measured acoustic data from previous flights which utilized the Peacekeeper Stage 1 motor and 92 in.
fairing. The data was adjusted to account for differences in vehicle trajectories. The resulting acoustic
level, which also includes the damping of the acoustic blankets, is shown in Figure 4.3-1. Acoustic
environments for the optional 110” fairing are enveloped by these levels.
Figure 4.3-1. Minotaur IV Payload Acoustic Maximum Predicted Environment (MPE) with 1/3
Octave Breakpoints
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