satellites launching procedure and vechicles
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LAUNCHING PROCEDURES
By,M.MUTHUKUMAR.
• Launching is depends on the orbit of satellite to be launched.• Satellites are directly injected into Lower Earth
Orbit(LEO) with the help of Launch Vehicles. • Shuttle flying into an orbit are inclined at 28.5 degree to the
Equator of Earth Surface.• Rockets have capabilities to put satellite into orbit which are
above 120 miles from earth surface
Introduction
Launch Vehicles are classified as
1. Expendable Launch Vehicle - Delta & Ariane Rockets
2. Reusable Launch Vehicle - Space Shuttle or STS
Types
Expendable Launch Vehicle
An expendable launch system is uses to carry a payload into space. The vehicles used in expendable launch systems are designed to be used only once (i.e. they are "expended" during a single flight), and their components are not recovered for re-use after launch.
Reusable Launch Vehicle
A reusable launch system is capable of launching a payload into space more than once. No completely reusable orbital launch system .The Space Shuttle was partially reusable:
• Space Shuttle main engines• two solid rocket boosters
were reused after several months of refitting work for each launch. The external tank and launch vehicle load frame were discarded after each flight
To launch satellite above 200 km direct injection by rocket is not possible. In such cases ,the satellite is placed into transfer orbit between destination orbit it is known as “Hohmann Transfer orbit”
Video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbWsBzfkiM
Hohmann transfer orbit is tangent at the perigee of LEO and destination orbit. It carry
• Perigee kick motor• Apogee kick motor• Propulsion system• Auto piloting• System required for satellite
Perigee kick motor – Provide required thrust at perigee which injects satellite
into transfer orbit from circular to elliptical.
Apogee kick motor – It changes the velocity of satellite which require transfer orbit
from elliptical to circular.
1. Circular low earth orbit
2. Hohmann elliptical transfer orbit
3. Intermediate drift orbit
4. Circular geostationary orbit
Launching Procedure
consider a satellite is made at the point A with an altitude,
λ and Azimuth angle
From naiper rule,
cos i = cos λ sin Az cos imin = cos λ
or imin = λ
Problems in Launching
Problems such as :• Vibration• Emission of Gases• Weather at launching time• Error during Countdown
LAUNCHING VEHICLES AND PROPULSION
Launching of a satellite into orbit is an extraordinary complex and costly operation.
Launch vehicle includes • Engines• propellant storage and pumps• guidance and control
India First Launch Vehicle SLV-3 (1980)
PSLV Launch more then 55 satellite into orbit
SLV ASLV
Principle of rocket propulsion
Video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebhOnf65N9Q
Space Shuttle Launch From EarthVideo -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoNITE-CLc
Space Shuttle Return To EarthVideo -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCeukUsCodk
Life Cycle of Space Shuttle
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