This paper describes a tanking system developed for the Air Force intercontinental ballistic missile, one that has been used successfully on many notable space missions. Requirements, problems encountered, and performance to date are discussed in detail, and the critical factors involved in operation are related precisely to the design characteristics of this automatic system.
Tanking the Atlas Missile
Sae Technical Papers
SAE World Congress & Exhibition ; 1964
1964-01-01
Conference paper
English
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