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Advanced launch system (als): electrical actuation and power systems improve operability and cost picture
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Sundberg, Gale R. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | To obtain the Advanced Launch System (ALS) primary goals of reduced costs and improved operability, there must be significant reductions in the launch operations and servicing requirements relative to current vehicle designs and practices. One of the primary methods for achieving these goals is by using vehicle electrical power system and controls for all actuation and avionics requirements. A brief status review of the ALS and its associated Advanced Development Program is presented to demonstrate maturation of those technologies that will help meet the overall operability and cost goals. The electric power and actuation systems are highlighted as a specific technology ready not only to meet the stringent ALS goals (cryogenic field valves and thrust vector controls with peak power demands to 75 hp), but also those of other launch vehicles, military and civilian aircraft, lunar/Martian vehicles, and a multitude of commercial applications. |
| File Size | 405927 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900011955 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6935r262 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electronics And Electrical Engineering Actuators Electric Power Supplies Costs Launch Vehicles Cost Reduction Images Cryogenics Procedures Valves Advanced Launch System Sts Spacecraft Launching Avionics Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
