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Minotaur IV • V • VI User’s Guide Section 8.0 – Optional Enhanced Capabilities
location of the fairing access door is documented within the mission-specific ICD. The allowable access
door envelopes are shown in Figure 5.1.3-1. Required door locations outside the allowable envelope as
shown in Figure 8.4-1 are evaluated on a mission-
specific basis. Other fairing access configurations,
such as small circular access panels, can be
provided as non-standard, mission-specific
enhancements. Additional mission-specific effort
can be minimized if a previously flown access
door configuration is chosen.
8.5. Enhanced Telemetry
Enhanced telemetry provides for mission specific
instrumentation and telemetry components to
support additional payload, LV, or experiment
data acquisition requirements. This enhancement
provides a dedicated telemetry link with a baseline
data rate of 2 Mbps. Additional instrumentation or
signals such as strain gauges, temperature
sensors, accelerometers, analog\ and digital data
can be configured to meet mission specific
requirements. This capability was successfully
demonstrated on the first five Minotaur IV
launches. Typical enhanced telemetry
instrumentation includes accelerometers (ECA)
and microphones (ECM) intended to capture high
frequency transients such as shock and random
vibration. A sample of the enhanced telemetry
instrumentation location on the Minotaur 92”
payload fairing is provided in Figure 8.5-1.
8.6. Enhanced Contamination Control
To meet the requirement for a low contamination
environment, Orbital uses existing processes
developed and demonstrated on the Minotaur,
Taurus, and Pegasus programs. These processes
are designed to minimize out-gassing, supply a
Class 10,000 clean room environment, assure a
high cleanliness payload envelope, and provide a
HEPA-filtered, controlled humidity environment
after fairing encapsulation. Orbital leverages
extensive payload processing experience to
provide flexible, responsive solutions to mission-
specific payload requirements (Figure 8.6-1).
8.6.1. Low Outgassing Materials
Orbital’s existing high cleanliness design and
integration processes ensure that all materials
Figure 8.5-1. Representative Minotaur 92”
Enhanced Instrumentation Locations (Fairing
Only)
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