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Where do you want to go?Near earth orbit types

• LEO – low earth orbit – 350-1200 km altitude• MEO – medium earth orbit – 10k km – 25k km

altitude• GEO – geostationary orbit – 36k km altitude• GEO – geostationary – inclined – 36k km altitude• Moly (Molniya) – elliptic – 40k km apogee, 5k km

perigee?

Other attributes of orbits• Inclination - angle of the orbit plane above the

equator going from south to north

• Eccentricity – circular or elliptic orbit• Equator crossing time – defines time for pass

predictions

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2Some Slides by Dr. J. Cutler – Univ. of MI

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Launch Companies – earth orbitingUS

• Lockheed Martin (Atlas)• Boeing (Delta)

Now combined into United Launch Alliance• Space Exploration – SpaceX (Falcon)• NASA – space shuttle• Orbital Sciences (Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur IV)• Others trying• ??

Other Countries• Russians• ESA – European Space Agency• India• China• Pakistan?• ??

Some Slides by Dr. J. Cutler – Univ. of MI

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Space Shuttle Launch

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General Launch, Orbit & Deorbit Profile

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Russian converted ICBM from missile siloDnepr

Russian converted ICBM from missile silo

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SpaceX Falcon Launch

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SpaceX Falcon Launch

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SpaceX Falcon Launch Profile

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Atlas Launch

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Rocket Configurations

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Delta Launch Profile

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Delta Launches

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Orbital Sciences – Pegasus Launch Profile

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Orbital Sciences - Pegasus

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Orbital Sciences - Taurus

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ESPA

Secondary Launches

primary spacecraft

standard Ø 62.01" interface

ESPA

large secondary spacecraft

small secondary spacecraft

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RideShare Conference - April 15-16, 1999

ESPA

Nanosat Program Secondary Launches

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Where can you put your satellite on a rocket when you

want it launched?

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http://cost.jsc.nasa.gov/ELV_INTL.html

http://www.npointercos.jp/DneprLV.htmlDnepr

http://www.scribd.com/doc/16979006/Minotaur-IV-Launch-Vehicle-Users-Guide

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Pegasus Orbcomm Integration

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Orbcomm after launch

Store & forward formessages

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Orbcomm Satellite Constellation

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Mounting on Ariane ASAP ring

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Mounting Faring & launch on Ariane IV

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Stanford with OPAL

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OPAL on top of Taurus stage

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Ready to go

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QuakeSat Satellite

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At Dnepr Launch Site

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CubeSat P-POD

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Where it was mounted on Dnepr

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Shuttle Payloads

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Questions?

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