NASA’s Space Launch System: High C3 Launch Capability for Science Missions
NASA’s Space Launch System: High C3 Launch Capability for Science Missions
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As NASA’s initial Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1 vehicle enters integration and stacking operations at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) this year in preparation for a 2021 launch, work is in progress on future more powerful variants of the vehicle. Available in the mid 2020s and 2030s, Block 1B and Block 2 will feature increased performance and unparalleled volume for payloads, providing an enabling launch option for science mission planners. The baseline SLS architecture consists of two five-segment solid rocket boosters and four RS-25 LH2/LOX engines. The evolved Block 1B and Block 2 vehicles use a four-engine LH2/LOX upper stage and can be outfitted with an 8.4 m-diameter pay-load fairing. Additional upper stages can be packaged in the 8.4 m fairing to enable high C3 (in the range of 300 km2/sec2) missions to Mercury, the Jovian system, the ice giants, the Kuiper Belt and beyond.
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NASA’s Space Launch System: High C3 Launch Capability for Science Missions
17th International Planetary Probe Workshop ; 2020 ; Monterey, California, US
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