Future missions such as NASA s space exploration vision and DOD satellite servicing will require significant increases in the understanding and knowledge of space based cryogenic fluid management (CFM), including the transfer and storage of cryogenic fluids. Existing CFM capabilities are based on flight of upper stage cryogenic vehicles, scientific dewars, a few dedicated flight demonstrations and ground testing. This current capability is inadequate to support development of the CEV cryogenic propulsion system, other aspects of robust space exploration or the refueling of satellite cryo propulsion systems with reasonable risk. In addition, these technologies can provide significant performance increases for missions beyond low-earth orbit to enable manned missions to the Moon and beyond. The Centaur upper-stage vehicle can provide a low cost test platform for performing numerous flight demonstrations of the full breadth of required CFM technologies to support CEV development. These flight demonstrations can be performed as secondary mission objectives using excess LH2 and/or LO2 from the main vehicle propellant tanks following primary spacecraft separation at minimal cost and risk.


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    Titel :

    Centaur Test Bed (CTB) for Cryogenic Fluid Management


    Beteiligte:
    Sakla, Steven (Autor:in) / Kutter, Bernard (Autor:in) / Wall, John (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit ; 2006 ; Sacramento, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.09.2006


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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