United Launch Alliance na iya shigar da methane na cryogenic da oxygen ruwa a cikin wurin gwajin makamin roka na Vulcan a Cape Canaveral a karon farko cikin makonni masu zuwa yayin da take shirin harba roka na gaba na Atlas 5 tsakanin jirage. Gwajin maɓalli na roka waɗanda za su yi amfani da harba roka iri ɗaya. hadaddun a cikin shekaru masu zuwa.
A halin yanzu, ULA tana amfani da roka ta Atlas 5 mai aiki don gwada abubuwan roka na Vulcan Centaur mafi ƙarfi gabanin sabon tashin jirgin na farko na abin hawa. Sabuwar injin matakin farko na BE-4 daga kamfanin sararin samaniya na Jeff Bezos Blue Origin ya shirya kuma yana ci gaba tare da ƙaddamar da gwajin farko na Vulcan.
Babban jami'in gudanarwa na ULA John Albon ya ce a farkon watan Mayu cewa roka na Vulcan na farko ya kamata a shirya don harba a karshen shekara.
Za a iya harba Vulcan na farko a karshen wannan shekara ko kuma farkon shekarar 2022, in ji Col. Robert Bongiovi, darektan Cibiyar Kula da Sararin Samaniya da Makami mai linzami na Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya da Makami mai linzami. Rundunar sararin samaniya za ta zama babban abokin ciniki na ULA yayin da roka na Vulcan ke gudanar da jirage biyu na takaddun shaida kafin fara aikin sojan Amurka na farko, USSF-106, a farkon 2023.
Harba tauraron dan adam na sojan Amurka Atlas 5 a ranar Talata ya gwada wani ingantacciyar ingin matakin sama na RL10 wanda zai tashi a matakin sama na roka na Vulcan na Centaur. Kaddamar da Atlas 5 na gaba a watan Yuni zai zama roka na farko da zai yi amfani da Vulcan. . Kamar garkuwar kaya da aka yi a Amurka, ba Switzerland ba.
Ginin da gwajin sabon tsarin harba kushin na roka na Vulcan Centaur ya kusa kammala, in ji Ron Fortson, darekta kuma babban manajan ayyukan kaddamarwa a ULA.
"Wannan zai zama kushin ƙaddamar da amfani da dual-amfani," in ji Fordson kwanan nan yayin da ya jagoranci manema labarai a rangadin Kaddamar da Pad 41 a tashar jiragen sama na Cape Canaveral. "Babu wanda ya taɓa yin wannan a baya, da gaske ƙaddamar da Atlas da layin samfurin Vulcan daban-daban akan dandamali ɗaya."
Injin RD-180 na Rasha na roka na Atlas 5 yana aiki akan kananzir wanda aka haɗe da ruwa oxygen. Injunan matakin farko na BE-4 Vulcan na tagwaye suna gudana akan ko dai gas mai ruwa ko methane, suna buƙatar ULA don shigar da sabbin tankunan ajiya akan Platform 41.
Tankunan ajiyar methane guda uku mai nauyin gallon 100,000 na can a arewacin Launch Pad 41. Kamfanin, hadin gwiwar 50-50 tsakanin Boeing da Lockheed Martin, ya kuma inganta na'urar harba sautin ruwa na na'urar, wanda ke rage tsananin sautin da na'urar ke fitarwa. Harba roka.
Ruwan hydrogen da wuraren ajiyar oxygen na ruwa a Launch Pad 41 an kuma inganta su don ɗaukar babban matakin Centaur, wanda zai tashi akan roka na Vulcan.
The Vulcan roka sabon Centaur 5 babba mataki yana da diamita na 17.7 ƙafa (5.4 mita), fiye da ninki biyu a matsayin fadi kamar yadda Centaur 3 babba mataki a kan Atlas 5. Centaur 5 za a powered by biyu RL10C-1-1 injuna, kuma ba guda RL10 engine amfani a kan mafi Atlas 5s da kuma rabin lokaci fiye da man fetur.
Fordson ya ce ULA ta kammala gwajin sabbin tankunan ajiyar methane kuma ta aika da ruwan da ake kira cryogenic ruwa ta layin samar da kasa zuwa wurin da aka kaddamar a Pad 41.
"Mun cika wadannan tankunan don sanin kaddarorinsu," in ji Fordson. "Muna da man fetur da ke gudana ta dukkan layukan. Muna kiran wannan gwajin kwararar sanyi. Mun bi dukkan layin har zuwa haɗin gwiwa tare da VLP, wanda shine dandalin harba Vulcan, tare da harba roka na Vulcan. vertex."
Vulcan Launch Platform shine sabon kushin ƙaddamar da wayar hannu wanda zai ɗauki roka na Vulcan Centaur daga kayan aikin ULA a tsaye zuwa ƙaddamar da Pad 41. A farkon wannan shekara, ma'aikatan ƙasa sun ɗaga matakin Vulcan Pathfinder core a kan dandamali kuma suka mirgina roka a kan kushin harba don zagayen farko na gwajin ƙasa.
ULA tana adana matakan VLP da Vulcan Pathfinder a Cibiyar Ayyukan Sararin Samaniya ta Cape Canaveral da ke kusa yayin da kamfanin ke shirya sabon rokansa na Atlas 5 don dagawa tare da tauraron dan adam na SBIRS GEO 5 na soja.
Bayan nasarar ƙaddamar da Atlas 5 da SBIRS GEO 5 a ranar Talata, ƙungiyar Vulcan za ta mayar da roka zuwa Launch Pad 41 don ci gaba da gwada Pathfinder. ULA za ta fara sanya rokar Atlas 5 a cikin VIF, wanda aka shirya harba a ranar 23 ga Yuni don aikin STP-3 na Space Force.
ULA na shirin ɗora mai a kan motar ƙaddamar da Vulcan a karon farko, dangane da gwajin farko na tsarin ƙasa.
"Lokaci na gaba da muka saki VLPs, za mu fara yin waɗannan gwaje-gwaje ta hanyar mota," in ji Fortson.
Motar Vulcan Pathfinder ta isa Cape Canaveral a watan Fabrairu a cikin wani roka na ULA daga cibiyar kamfanin a Decatur, Alabama.
Ƙaddamar da ranar Talata ya nuna aikin Atlas 5 na farko a cikin fiye da watanni shida, amma ULA na tsammanin saurin zai yi sauri a wannan shekara. Bayan ƙaddamar da STP-3 a ranar 23 ga Yuni, an shirya ƙaddamar da Atlas 5 na gaba a ranar 30 ga Yuli, wanda zai haɗa da gwajin jirgin Boeing's Starliner crew module.
"Muna buƙatar kammala aiki akan Vulcan tsakanin ƙaddamarwa," in ji Fordson. "Za mu kaddamar da STP-3 nan da nan bayan wannan. Suna da ƙaramin taga don yin aiki, gwadawa da gwadawa, sannan kuma za mu saka wata mota a ciki."
Roket ɗin Vulcan Pathfinder yana aiki ne ta wurin gwajin ƙasa na injin Blue Origin's BE-4, kuma gwaje-gwajen tankinsa zai taimaka wa injiniyoyi su tantance yadda ake loda mai a cikin Vulcan a ranar ƙaddamarwa.
"Za mu fahimci duk kadarorin da yadda suke aiki da kuma bunkasa CONOPS (ra'ayin ayyukan) daga can," in ji Fordson.
ULA tana da gogewa mai yawa tare da hydrogen ruwa mai tsananin sanyi, wani man roka na roka da ake amfani da shi a cikin dangin roka na Delta 4 na kamfanin da manyan matakan Centaur.
"Dukansu sun yi sanyi sosai," in ji Fordson. "Suna da kaddarorin daban-daban, muna so mu fahimci yadda abin yake yayin watsawa.
"Duk gwajin da muke yi yanzu shine mu fahimci kaddarorin wannan iskar da kuma yadda take yi idan muka sanya shi cikin abin hawa," in ji Fordson. "Hakika abin da za mu yi ke nan a cikin 'yan watanni masu zuwa."
Yayin da tsarin ƙasa na Vulcan ya cika da yawa, ULA tana amfani da harba roka na aiki don gwada fasahar ƙaddamar da abin hawa na gaba.
Wani sabon bambance-bambancen injin na Aerojet's Rocketdyne RL10 akan mataki na sama na Centaur an bayyana ranar Talata. Sabon sigar injin hydrogen, mai suna RL10C-1-1, ya inganta aiki kuma yana da sauƙin kera, a cewar ULA.
Injin RL10C-1-1 yana da bututun ƙarfe fiye da injin da aka yi amfani da shi a kan rokoki na Atlas 5 da suka gabata kuma yana da sabon allura mai buga 3D, wanda ya fara aiki da jirginsa na farko, in ji Gary Harry, mataimakin shugaban kamfanin na gwamnati da harkokin gwamnati. shirye-shiryen kasuwanci. Gary Wentz ya ce. ULA.
Dangane da gidan yanar gizon Aerojet Rocketdyne, injin RL10C-1-1 yana samar da kusan fam 1,000 na ƙarin tuƙi fiye da sigar baya ta injin RL10C-1 da aka yi amfani da shi akan roka na Atlas 5.
Fiye da injuna 500 RL10 sun yi amfani da rokoki tun shekarun 1960. ULA's Vulcan Centaur roka zai kuma yi amfani da samfurin injin RL10C-1-1, kamar yadda duk ayyukan Atlas 5 za su yi nan gaba in ban da Boeing's Starliner crew capsule, wanda ke amfani da babban matakin injin tagwayen inji na Centaur.
A bara, an harba wani sabon roka mai ƙarfi da Northrop Grumman ya gina a karon farko akan jirgin Atlas 5. Babban mai haɓakawa, wanda Northrop Grumman ya gina, za a yi amfani da shi akan aikin Vulcan da mafi yawan jirage na Atlas 5 na gaba.
Sabuwar ƙarar ta maye gurbin madaidaicin madauri na Aerojet Rocketdyne wanda aka yi amfani da shi akan ƙaddamar da Atlas 5 tun daga 2003. Motocin roka masu ƙarfi na Aerojet Rocketdyne za su ci gaba da harba rokoki na Atlas 5 don ɗaukar ayyukan mutum a cikin kewayawa, amma aikin wannan makon ya nuna jirgin ƙarshe na jirgin Atlas 5 na soja ta amfani da tsohuwar ƙirar motar soja. Motar ƙaddamar da Aerojet Rocketdyne an ba da izini don ƙaddamar da 'yan sama jannati.
ULA ta haɗa tsarin avionics da tsarin jagora na rokanta na Atlas 5 da Delta 4 cikin ƙira ɗaya wanda shima zai tashi akan Vulcan Centaur.
A wata mai zuwa, ULA tana shirin buɗe babban tsarin kamar Vulcan na ƙarshe don tashi da farko akan Atlas 5: kayan aikin biya wanda ya fi sauƙi kuma mai rahusa don samarwa fiye da rigar hancin Atlas 5 na baya.
Diamita mai tsayin ƙafa 17.7 (mita 5.4) wanda za a ƙaddamar da shi a wata mai zuwa akan aikin STP-3 yayi kama da waɗanda aka yi amfani da su akan rokoki na Atlas 5 na baya.
Amma bikin ya samo asali ne na sabon haɗin gwiwar masana'antu tsakanin ULA da kamfanin RUAG Space na Switzerland, wanda a baya ya samar da duk fa'idodin Atlas 5's 5.4-mita a wata shuka a Switzerland. Karamin mazugi na hanci na Atlas 5 da ake amfani da shi akan wasu ayyuka ana kera shi a wurin ULA a Harlingen, Texas.
ULA da RUAG sun haɓaka sabon layin samar da kayan aikin biya a wuraren Atlas, Delta da Vulcan da ke cikin Alabama.
Layin samar da Alabama yana amfani da sabon tsari wanda ke sauƙaƙa matakan ƙirar ƙira. A cewar ULA, hanyar masana'anta "ba autoclave" ba za ta iya amfani da tanda kawai don warkar da hadaddiyar giyar fiber carbon fiber, ta kawar da babban matsi na autoclave, wanda ke iyakance girman sassan da za su iya shiga ciki.
Wannan canjin yana ba da damar rarraba kayan aikin biyan kuɗi zuwa rabi biyu maimakon ƙananan guda 18 ko fiye. Wannan zai rage adadin masu ɗaure, masu ninkawa da kuma yiwuwar lahani, ULA ta ce a cikin wani shafin yanar gizon bara.
ULA ta ce sabuwar hanyar ta sa ya zama mai sauri da rahusa don gina kayan aiki mai kayatarwa.
ULA na shirin tashi 30 ko fiye da ƙarin ayyukan Atlas 5 kafin roka ya yi ritaya kuma a tura shi zuwa roka na Vulcan Centaur.
A watan Afrilu, Amazon ya sayi jirage tara na Atlas 5 don fara harba tauraron dan adam don cibiyar sadarwar Kuiper na kamfanin. Mai magana da yawun Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta Amurka, ya ce a makon da ya gabata, wasu ayyukan tsaro guda shida na kasar za su bukaci rokoki Atlas 5 nan da shekaru masu zuwa, ba tare da la'akari da shirin SBIRS GEO 5 da aka kaddamar a ranar Talata ba.
A bara, Rundunar Sojojin Sama ta Amurka ta ba da sanarwar kwangiloli na biliyoyin daloli don isar da mahimmin matakan tsaro na ƙasa akan rokoki na ULA na Vulcan Centaur da Falcon 9 na SpaceX da Falcon Heavy harba motocin har zuwa 2027.
A ranar Alhamis, Space News ya ruwaito cewa Space Force da ULA sun amince don matsar da aikin soja na farko da aka sanya wa roka na Vulcan Centaur zuwa roka na Atlas 5. An shirya kaddamar da aikin, mai suna USSF-51, a shekarar 2022.
Wasu 'yan sama jannati hudu da ke shirin harba sararin samaniyar sararin samaniyar sararin samaniyar SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Resilience" capsule sun shiga cikin kumbon su a cibiyar binciken sararin samaniya ta Kennedy ranar alhamis domin ba da horon shirin harba kumbon sararin samaniya na kasa da kasa da yammacin ranar Asabar, yayin da shugabannin Ofishin Jakadancin ke sa ido kan yanayi da yanayin teku a lokacin aikin farfadowa. yankin bayan Tekun Atlantika.
Injiniyoyin Cibiyar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta NASA Kennedy waɗanda za su sa ido kan harba tauraron dan adam na kimiyya da binciken sararin samaniya za su kasance da alhakin tabbatar da cewa manyan ayyuka shida sun isa sararin samaniya cikin sama da watanni shida a wannan shekara, farawa da sabon NOAA na GOES - Maris 1, S Weather Observatory Board the Atlas 5 rocket.
Wani makamin roka na kasar Sin ya harba tauraron dan adam na gwaji guda uku na soja a sararin samaniya a ranar Juma'a, karo na biyu da harba tauraron dan adam guda uku cikin kasa da watanni biyu.
Lokacin aikawa: Afrilu-28-2024