Vehicle, made by General Dynamics/Astronautics, is modified Atlas Intercontinental ballistic missile and consists of booster, substainer, and payload adapter; its monocoque structure and flight mission requirements resulted in very stringent pressure and flow control conditions for its pneumatic system; system characteristics of ground and airborne pneumatic system with emphasis on functional testing of vehicle and associated ground support equipment at launch site; automatic and manual checkout at Atlas Space Launch Vehicle pneumatic system; test philosophy and hardware description; test results and operational experience.
Automatic and manual checkout of atlas space launch vehicle pneumatic system
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1964 Pneumatic equipment
1964
14 pages
Conference paper
English
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