Launch vehicle integration requirements for SP-100
SP-100 is the designation for a nuclear reactor-based power plant being developed for both civil and military missions beginning in the 1990s for such potential space applications as communication satellites, space radar, electric propulsion and space stations. Typically, a system using the SP-100 along with a selected upper stage system would be launched by the National Space Transportation System (NSTS) Space Shuttle System into a near-earth orbit, deployed, and through upper stage propulsion burn(s) be inserted/transferred to its mission orbit. The nature of the advanced design SP-100 gives rise to a set of issues that require special attention to assure that payloads using this power plant are physically and functionally compatible with the NSTS and meet the safety requirements thereof. The purpose of this document is to define and present the requirements and interface provisions that, when satisfied, will ensure technical compability between SP-100 systems and the NSTS.
- Research Organization:
- Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI03-86SF16013
- OSTI ID:
- 10183802
- Report Number(s):
- JPL/D--1069; ON: DE94051276
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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