Orbital Antares - Manual (Page 6)

Antares
®
OSP-3
User’s Guide
Table of Contents
Release 1.1 July 2013 vi
PAGE
PREFACE ..................................................................................................................................................... iv
GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................................. x
1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Orbital History ............................................................................................................................... 1
1.2. Antares Launch Vehicle ................................................................................................................ 1
2. ANTARES LAUNCH SYSTEM OVERVIEW ............................................................................................ 2
2.1. Antares Launch Service ................................................................................................................ 2
2.2. Antares Launch Vehicle ................................................................................................................ 2
2.3. Launch Operations ........................................................................................................................ 7
3. PERFORMANCE ..................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1. Mission Design .............................................................................................................................. 8
3.2. Mission Profile ............................................................................................................................... 8
3.3. General Performance from WFF................................................................................................. 11
3.4. General Performance from KLC ................................................................................................. 15
3.5. Orbit Insertion Accuracy .............................................................................................................. 18
3.6. Payload Deployment ................................................................................................................... 19
4. PAYLOAD ENVIRONMENTS ................................................................................................................ 21
4.1. Design Limit Load Factors .......................................................................................................... 21
4.2. Payload Vibration Environment................................................................................................... 26
4.3. Payload Shock Environment ....................................................................................................... 28
4.4. Contamination and Environmental Control ................................................................................. 29
4.5. Thermal Environments ................................................................................................................ 30
4.6. Pressurization Profile .................................................................................................................. 30
4.7. Payload RF Environment ............................................................................................................ 31
5. PAYLOAD INTERFACES ...................................................................................................................... 32
5.1. 3.9 Meter Payload Fairing ........................................................................................................... 32
5.2. Payload Mechanical Interface and Separation System .............................................................. 34
5.3. Electrical Payload Accommodation Requirements ..................................................................... 36
5.4. Payload Design Constraints........................................................................................................ 37
6. MISSION INTEGRATION ...................................................................................................................... 40
6.1. Mission Management Approach ................................................................................................. 40
6.2. Mission Planning and Development ........................................................................................... 43
6.3. Mission Integration Process ........................................................................................................ 45
7. GROUND AND LAUNCH OPERATIONS .............................................................................................. 51
7.1. Antares Launch Processing and Integration Overview ............................................................... 51
7.2. Antares Processing and Launch Facilities at WFF ..................................................................... 52
7.3. Launch Vehicle Processing ......................................................................................................... 56