Computer Science
Scientific paper
Feb 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987space...2....4p&link_type=abstract
Space (ISSN 0267-954X), vol. 2, Dec. 1986-Feb. 1987, p. 4-8.
Computer Science
Launch Vehicles, Space Commercialization, Spacecraft Launching, Competition, Japanese Space Program, Low Cost, Titan Launch Vehicles, U.S.S.R. Space Program
Scientific paper
High Shuttle refurbishing costs and the dangers of manned spacecraft satellite launches have added impetus to the competition to field commercial expendable launch vehicles (ELVs). Several candidate concepts for ELVs are described, including the Jarvis, which features an SSME on the bottom of a Shuttle ET and normal, recoverable Shuttle SRBs. The Jarvis could place 40 t into LEO. A critical condition for progress on the Jarvis is the contract for launching the NAVSTAR satellites. Competition for the job will come from manufacturers of the Atlas, Titan, and Delta ELVs. Three privately developed ELVs are also being marketed, and competition is increasing from the Ariane 3, the Soviet Proton, the Japanese H-1, and the Chinese Long March launch vehicles.
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