Pyrotechnic systems requirements considered during the design and development of the ARIANE launch system are analyzed. Pyrotechnic functions are defined, and the associated sequential control and safety systems are identified. Pyrotechnic functions specific to payload separation are emphasized. The system for releasing the payload from the final stage, and control of the injection impulse, are described. Electropyrotechnic subsystems are diagrammed, and pyrotechnic component characteristics are given. Inspection, assembly, initiator simulation, arming, and checkout operations at the Guyana Space Center are then detailed, and improvements to ARIANE pyrotechnics are discussed.
The Ariane Launch Vehicle: Pyrotechnic Systems Definition Lanceur Ariane: Definition des Systemes Pyrotechniques
1980
142 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Ariane launch vehicle , Pyrotechnics , Systems engineering , Destruction , Hydrogen oxygen engines , Ignition systems , Initiators (Explosives) , Interim stages (Spacecraft) , Pogo effects , Preflight operations , Safety devices , Sequential control , Spacecraft launching , Stage separation , Foreign technology
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