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ULA Human Spaceflight
Update
Mike Holguin ULA Advanced Programs.
Program Manager
13 October 2016
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Launch History
ULA’s Vision
Long-range Roadmap • Missions Now and Into the Future • Enables our Vision
Complete Range of Launch Services • Increased Capability • Much Lower Cost • New Missions
ULA’s Roadmap Leads to the Enabling Transportation System for a Self Sustaining Space Economy
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Human and Commercial Customers
Civil Space Commercial Space
Sierra Nevada Dreamchaser
Commercial Cargo
OATK Cygnus
Commercial Crew
Commercial Earth Imagery
Commercial Communication
Boeing CST-100 Starliner
Video Delivery Solutions
NASA SLS ICPS
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ULA SLC-41 Infrastructure Upgrades Tier 7 of Tower Installed Crew Access Arm Installation Crew Access Arm Installed
Future Emergency Egress System Crew Access Arm Under Test
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The ULA team has continued with laser focus on ensuring that our astronauts have the safest ride to the International Space Station.
• Incorporated an Emergency Detection System to monitor vehicle systems and advise the crew of performance changes
• Incorporated an aeroskirt aft of the spacecraft, extending the CST-100 Starliner cylindrical surface to improve the aerodynamic characteristics of the integrated launch configuration
• Thoroughly reviewed the launch vehicle systems for potential hazards from pre-launch to all phases of flight.
ATLAS-V Safety Enhancements
Coming to the ISS in 2018!
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ULA’s Evolution to Demand
ULA has been the primary launch service provider for NASA
Science, U.S. National Security Space and Intelligence payloads
ULA ahs evolved to support Boeing and the next generation of astronauts to the International Space Station.
• ULA has a wealth of experience • ULA has the highest reliability and certainty of launch schedule
ULA understands the critical nature of human spaceflight and is
ensuring that safety is our primary focus during each phase of our work.
Go ATLAS! Go Centaur! Go CST-100!
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BE4/AR1 Replaces the RD180 Upgrade to ACES Retires Delta-Heavy for ¼ the Lift Cost
Delta-M Retired
RD180 Retired
Delta-Hvy Retired
2045
20 Year Product Roadmap
ACES – Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage
Evolved Cryogenic Upper Stage • Centaur is World’s Highest Performance Upper Stage • ACES Leaps Forward • Enabling New Technology • 3X Centaur Propellant
ACES Recurring Cost = Centaur
• Atlas-541 Performance <$ AV-401 • GSO Heavy Performance <$ AV-521 • Crew Launch without SRB’s
New Mission Capability
• 20% More Performance than DIV Heavy • Increased Mission Flexibility
Weeks Duration Many Engine Burns Service Module Type Flexibility
150 klb LO2/LH2 5.4m dia tank Stainless Steel
Monocoque Common Bulkhead
Modern Avionics
Engine Options 1 BE-3U
2 or 4 RL-10 2 or 4 XCOR
IVF
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Integrated Vehicle Fluids (IVF) & Cryo Mgt • Powers Subsystems with “Waste” Propellants
Power ―> No Main batteries Reaction control ―> No Hydrazine Pressurization ―> No Helium
Enables
• Ultra-long Duration • Service Module Flexibility • On Orbit Refueling
IVF Is A Key ACES Enabling Technology
CRYOTE 3 at MSFC
IVF ICE Prototype
H2/O2 Thruster
IVF Module
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ACES Capabilities Go Beyond Performance
Revolutionary New Capabilities
Centaur ACES
Max Engine Burns 3 Unlimited
Max Mission Duration 0.33 Days (8 hrs) days - extendable to months
Peak power to P/L Watts Kilo Watts
Avionics Static (Common Avionics) GPS update, star tracker, uplink, etc
RCS Delta V Limited to upper stage settling and thermal control
Virtually unlimited maneuvering
Reusable (w/ refueling) No Yes
Secondary Payloads (aft bulkhead)
80 kg 400 kg
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LEO ISS Remote Sensing Commercial Station Communication Space Control Debris mitigation Science R&D Tourism Manufacturing Propellant Transfer Data Servers
GEO Observation Communication Space Control Debris Mitigation Space Solar Power Repair Station Satellite Life extension Harvesting
High Earth Orbit Science/ Astronomy Comm Link Way Station Propellant Depots Repair Station Lunar Solar Power Sat Manufacturing Planetary Defense
Lunar Surface Science/ Astronomy •Lunar •Observatory Human Outpost Tourism Mining •Oxygen/Water •Regolith •Rare Earth Elements •HE3 Manufacturing Fuel Depots Solar Power to Earth Existing market / Emerging market / Future market
New Capability Enables the Creation of Demand The Cislunar Econosphere
LEO
GEO
EML1 LLO
NEO
New Markets, Launch Demand Grows, Humanity Benefits
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Cislunar Transportation System
ACES (Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage)
XEUS
Reusable Transportation Avoids Earth’s Deep Gravity Well
Fueled with LO2 and LH2 propellant provided from:
• Earth • Moon • Asteroids
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Creating The Space Transportation Super Highway
ULA has the capability to safely and reliably transport Crew and Cargo • Human Certified Atlas Centaur
ULA ACES/IVF Will Help Enable Cislunar Commercial Market
• ACES Cryogenic Stage with IVF Increases Performance, Reduces Cost • IVF With Refueling Is A Revolutionary New Capability
IVF Enables Long Duration Spaceflight Enables New Space Activities
In Space Refueling Provides Space Truck Delivery To and From Space Science Missions Beyond Current Lift Capability - Interstellar Prospecting, Mining, Manufacturing, Space Solar Power
