Launch vehicle ascent is a time of high risk for an onboard crew. There is a large fraction of possible failures for which time is of the essence and a successful abort is possible if the detection and action happens quickly enough. This paper focuses on abort determination based on data already available from the Guidance, Navigation, and Control system. This work is the result of failure analysis efforts performed during the Ares I launch vehicle development program. The two primary areas of focus are the derivation of abort triggers to ensure that abort occurs as quickly as possible when needed, but that false aborts are avoided, and evaluation of success in aborting off the failing launch vehicle.


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    Title :

    Launch Vehicle Abort Analysis for Failures Leading to Loss of Control


    Contributors:
    J. M. Hanson (author) / A. D. Hill (author) / B. B. Beard (author)

    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    36 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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