NGLS - Next-Generation Launch System от ULA

[Apollo13]

pnetmon пишет:
Для запусков к МКС (типа Сигнуса на Атласе-5) кажется даже младшая версия очень мощная.

Зато для Дрим Чейзера 4-6 ТТУ в самый раз.

А Сигнус к Луне. Хотя если до этого дойдет НГ для Сигнуса скорее всего Омегу сделает.

[Apollo13]

Похоже версии без ТТУ не будет совсем.

[Astro Cat]

Apollo13 пишет:
Ничего себе хилые. Моноблок + 6 ТТУ заменяет трехблочную Дельту-4.

Не понимаю. Аж 6 ТТУ !!! Это лучше трехблока? Миллиарды вложений в разработку, на которые кучу Дельт-4 можно было запустить...

Еще не рожденный Вулкан сливает Фалькону-9 (хеви) имхо. Зачем делать заведомую неконкурентноспособную ракету?

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Чебурашка пишет:
Грузоподъёмность различных версий

Взято отсюда https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/evolution/vulcan-centaur-overview-17may2018.pdf

У америкосов отличная ракета намечается.

7.2 т на ГСО-это то к чему и нам стоило бы стремиться в моноблоке.

Отличная имеется ввиду в плане возможностей по доставке их высокотехнологичных и производительных спутников, на чем потом будет делаться денежка. А у нас до сих пор штуцеры рассказывают что 2.04 т пятисосиской это отлично и всем надо радоваться.

[tnt22]

Blue Origin BE-4 Engine Compilation

Blue Origin

Опубликовано: 27 сент. 2018 г.

The BE-4 is our fourth-generation liquid rocket engine, made to take us into orbit and beyond.

The BE-4 uses oxygen-rich staged combustion of liquid oxygen and liquefied natural gas to produce 550,000 lbs. of thrust. Liquefied natural gas is commercially available, affordable, and highly efficient for spaceflight. Unlike other rocket fuels, such as kerosene, liquefied natural gas can be used to pressurize a rocket's propellant tanks. This is called autogenous pressurization and eliminates the need for costly and complex pressurization systems, like helium. Liquefied natural gas also leaves no soot byproducts as kerosene does, simplifying engine reuse.

United Launch Alliance has selected Blue Origin's BE-4 as the engine that will power the Vulcan rocket's first stage. The announcement ends the need for the Russian made RD-180 on their next-generation vehicle Vulcan with the American-made BE-4.

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[Сергей]

Astro Cat пишет:

Apollo13 пишет:
Ничего себе хилые. Моноблок + 6 ТТУ заменяет трехблочную Дельту-4.

Не понимаю. Аж 6 ТТУ !!! Это лучше трехблока? Миллиарды вложений в разработку, на которые кучу Дельт-4 можно было запустить...

ТТУ заметно дешевле с учетом времени на отработку, позволяют сделать систему с разной суммарной тягой на ряд типовых ПН по массе, для пилотируемых полетов проще обеспечить требуемую надежность.

Astro Cat пишет:
Еще не рожденный Вулкан сливает Фалькону-9 (хеви) имхо. Зачем делать заведомую неконкурентноспособную ракету?

Фалькон (хеви) не получит лицензию на пилотируемые полеты. ИМХО.

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ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 14 ч. назад

Our partnerships w/ @BlueOrigin as well as @AerojetRDyne @NorthropGrumman L-3 Avionics & @RUAGSpace will allow this next-gen American rocket to affordably transform the future of space launch! #VulcanCentaur

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ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 14 ч. назад

ULA selected @BlueOrigin's BE-4 engine to power the booster of our next-gen #VulcanCentaur rocket, which is nearing design completion. The new American rocket will leverage our heritage while introducing advanced technologies and innovative features. http://bit.ly/2DzA1N5 

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https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2018/09/27/united-launch-alliance-building-rocket-of-the-future-with-industry-leading-strategic-partnerships

United Launch Alliance Building Rocket of the Future with Industry-Leading Strategic Partnerships

ULA Selects Blue Origin Advanced Booster Engine for Vulcan Centaur Rocket System

Centennial, Colo., Sept. 27, 2018  – United Launch Alliance's (ULA) next-generation rocket - the Vulcan Centaur - is making strong progress in development and is on track for its initial flight in mid-2020. The Vulcan Centaur rocket design leverages the proven success of the Delta IV and Atlas V launch vehicles while introducing advanced technologies and innovative features. 

"Vulcan Centaur will revolutionize spaceflight and provide affordable, reliable access to space for our current and future customers," said Tory Bruno, ULA's president and CEO. "We are well on our way to the introduction of Vulcan Centaur – the future of U.S. rocket manufacturing. With state-of-the-art engineering and manufacturing techniques, this rocket is designed specifically for low recurring cost."

The new rocket design is nearing completion, and the booster preliminary design and critical design reviews have been completed. Vulcan Centaur will have a maximum liftoff thrust of 3.8 million pounds and carry 56,000 pounds to low Earth orbit, 33,000 pounds to a geo-transfer orbit and 16,000 pounds to geostationary orbit with greater capability than any currently available single-core launch vehicle.

"Our new rocket will be superior in reliability, cost and capability – one system for all missions," said Bruno. "We have been working closely with the U.S. Air Force, and our certification plan is in place."

Following completion of a competitive procurement, ULA has selected Blue Origin's BE-4 engine for Vulcan Centaur's booster stage. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled booster will be powered by a pair of BE-4 engines, each producing 550,000 pounds of sea level thrust. As previously announced, ULA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne's RL10 engine for the Centaur upper stage, Northrop Grumman solid rocket boosters, L‑3 Avionics Systems avionics, and RUAG's payload fairings and composite structures for the new Vulcan Centaur rocket system.

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"We are pleased to enter into this partnership with Blue Origin and look forward to a successful first flight of our next-generation launch vehicle," said Bruno.

"We are very glad to have our BE-4 engine selected by United Launch Alliance. United Launch Alliance is the premier launch service provider for national security missions, and we're thrilled to be part of their team and that mission," said Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith. "We can't thank Tory Bruno and the entire United Launch Alliance team enough for entrusting our engine to powering the Vulcan rocket's first stage."

Vulcan Centaur will bolster U.S. manufacturing by adding to the more than 22,000 direct and indirect American jobs in 46 states supported by ULA programs.

"ULA has chosen the best systems available to create the Vulcan Centaur," said Bruno. "These engines and components will ensure ULA continues to lead the way in space exploration, maintain our record of success and remain America's launch vehicle for our nation's most vital missions."

Vulcan Centaur is ULA's next-generation, American rocket system. As a result of these agreements, the Vulcan Centaur will surpass current rocket capabilities and launch services at significantly lower costs, while still meeting the requirements of ULA's cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Air Force to certify the Vulcan Centaur for national security space missions.

"Strong partners are critical to the cutting-edge innovation that is leading us into the next generation in space and ensuring mission success," said Bruno. "Partnerships with Blue Origin, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman, L-3 Avionics Systems and RUAG will allow the Vulcan Centaur to transform the future of space launch for the government and commercial markets, making launch more affordable, accessible and commercially available."

With more than a century of combined heritage, ULA is the world's most experienced and reliable launch service provider. ULA has successfully delivered 130 satellites to orbit that provide Earth observation capabilities, enable global communications, unlock the mysteries of our solar system, and support life-saving technology.

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ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 14 ч. назад

Design is nearing completion. Booster PDR and CDRs are complete! We've worked closely w/ @usairforce since the beginning of development, and our certification plan is in place.
#VulcanCentaur

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/28/bezos-rocket-engine-selected-for-new-vulcan-rocket/

Bezos rocket engine sel ected for new Vulcan rocket
September 28, 2018 | William Harwood


Artist's concept of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket. Credit: ULA

Ending months of speculation, Blue Origin, a company owned by Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos, has won a milestone contract to provide first-stage rocket engines for a powerful new booster being designed by United Launch Alliance to replace its current fleet of Atlas and Delta launchers, the companies announced Thursday.

Powered by liquefied natural gas and liquid oxygen, Blue Origin's BE-4 engine was sel ected over Aerojet Rocketdyne's more traditional kerosene-burning AR1 for use in ULA's new Vulcan rocket, expected to make its first flight in the mid-2020 timeframe.

"Big win for @BlueOrigin today!" Bezos tweeted. "And a big thank you to @ulalaunch for choosing our BE-4 engine. Excited to be a part of Vulcan's mission to space."

The BE-4 engine will eventually end ULA's reliance on Russian-built RD-180 first-stage engines currently powering the first stage of the company's workhorse Atlas 5. RD-180s burn kerosene and oxygen and develop 860,000 pounds of thrust at sea level.

Two BE-4 engines, generating 550,000 pounds of thrust each, will power the Vulcan's first stage, along with strap-on solid-fuel boosters provided by Northrup Grumman as required by payload weight and trajectory. Maximum liftoff thrust will be 3.8 million pounds and the rocket will be partially reusable.

Aerojet Rocketdyne hydrogen-fueled RL10 engines will power the Vulcan's second stage when the initial version begins operations. A more powerful upper stage, the Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage, or ACES, will be phased in later.

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The Vulcan rocket will feature two BE-4 first stage engines, RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage, and solid rocket boosters. Credit: ULA

ULA plans to continue launching Atlas 5s well into the early 2020s while the Vulcan transition proceeds. The Atlas 5 will be used as planned to launch Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station starting next year.

"We are pleased to enter into this partnership with Blue Origin and look forward to a successful first flight of our next-generation launch vehicle," ULA CEO Tory Bruno said in a statement.

Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith added: "United Launch Alliance is the premier launch service provider for national security missions, and we're thrilled to be part of their team and that mission. We can't thank Tory Bruno and the entire United Launch Alliance team enough for entrusting our engine to powering the Vulcan rocket's first stage."

United Launch Alliance is a partnership between Boeing, original builder of the Delta family of rockets, and Lockheed Martin, developer of the Atlas 5, that was formed primarily to provide assured access to space for high-priority national security payloads

Blue Origin also plans to use the BE-4 in the first stage of its New Glenn rocket, which will compete with both SpaceX and ULA launchers when it debuts in the early to mid 2020s. The New Glenn first stage is designed to land vertically for refurbishment and reuse.

A two-stage version of the New Glenn booster will stand some 27 stories tall and will generate 3.85 million pounds of thrust at liftoff using seven BE-4 engines. The second stage will be powered by two BE-3 engines.

The BE-3 already is in use with Blue Origin's sub-orbital New Shepard rocket, designed to carry tourists, researchers and small payloads to the edge of space and back from a launch site in Texas.

The company has built a huge manufacturing facility near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to assemble New Glenn rockets, which will be launched fr om nearby Cape Canaveral. Bezos has said he is spending roughly $1 billion a year on his space ventures.

Bezos and Bruno announced an initial agreement to develop BE-4 engines for ULA rockets in September 2014.

"I think it's pretty clear it's time for a 21st century booster engine," Bezos said at the time. "The great engines of the past were truly remarkable machines in their own right ... but we have tools and capabilities, software simulations, computational horsepower that the builders of those great engines could have only dreamed about.

"We can build an engine today that is a 21st century engine that has great reliability, low cost of operations and high performance," he said. "And we're super excited about that, and we couldn't be more excited to have a partner like ULA."

But Aerojet Rocketdyne threw its hat into the ring with plans to develop the AR1, generating 500,000 pounds of thrust, and it soon became clear Blue Origin no longer had a lock on the engine selection. That fueled intense speculation across the space industry about how the competition might play out.

In any case, the selection of Blue Origin's BE-4 means ULA will be relying on an eventual competitor to provide the engines needed for its next-generation rocket. Contract details were not revealed, but it presumably includes delivery guarantees that meet ULA's approval.

"It is a great day for the Blue Origin team!" the company tweeted late Thursday. "We are honored @ulalaunch has selected Blue's LOX/LNG BE-4 engine to power the Vulcan rocket's first stage."

ULA's decision to replace its Delta and Atlas rockets with a single system came in the wake of widely publicized complaints fr om SpaceX founder Elon Musk that criticized the use of the Russian-built RD-180 to launch U.S. national security payloads and what he viewed as a ULA military launch monopoly.

Musk also criticized the high cost of the heavy-lift Delta 4, which uses Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68 first stage engines and is currently the most powerful fully operational rocket in the U.S. inventory. It also is the most expensive and is used exclusively for national security and NASA payloads.

Musk eventually won the right to bid on high-value military payloads and since then, competition between SpaceX and ULA has been fierce, with ULA trimming costs and arguing its unblemished launch record, presumably lower insurance rates and schedule reliability make up for a higher price tag for the Atlas 5 compared to SpaceX's Falcon 9.

But Falcon 9s cost tens of millions less than the Atlas 5, an obvious selling point in the commercial launch industry. The eventual cost of the Vulcan is not yet known.

"From low Earth orbit to Pluto, the single-core Vulcan Centaur does it all," ULA says on its website. "This simple design is more cost-efficient for all customers, whether defense and national security, NASA science and human spaceflight, or commercial."

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[tnt22]

https://tass.ru/kosmos/5615009

28 СЕН, 10:17
Компания Джеффа Безоса будет поставлять двигатели для новых ракет Vulcan

Официально не сообщается, когда будет осуществлен первый запуск ракеты Vulcan, однако, по данным The Wall Street Journal, он намечен на 2020 год

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 28 сентября. Компания Джеффа Безоса Blue Origin получила контракт на поставку новых ракетных двигателей BE-4 для перспективных ракет-носителей Vulcan производства компании United Launch Alliance (ULA).

"ULA выбрала двигатели BE-4 производства Blue Origin для разгонного блока нашей ракеты следующего поколения VulcanCentaur, разработка дизайна которой приближается к концу. Новая американская ракета пополнит наше наследие и будет способствовать внедрению более совершенных технологий и инноваций", - отметила ULA в Twitter.

United Launch Alliance не уточнила сроков дебютного полета нового носителя. По данным газеты The Wall Street Journal, первый запуск ракеты Vulcan намечен на 2020 год. Планируется, что этот носитель к 2022-2023 годам заменит находящиеся сейчас в эксплуатации ракеты Atlas V, на которых устанавливаются РД-180.
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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 14:16 - 10 окт. 2018 г.

DOD contract announcement: ULA, Orbital (now Northrop Grumman) and Blue Origin win launch services agreements from the Air Force. Nothing for SpaceX.
https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1658771/


14:18 - 10 окт. 2018 г.

ULA: $967M for development of Vulcan Centaur
Northrop: $791.6M for development of OmegA
Blue Origin: $500M for development of New Glenn

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tnt22 пишет:

Jeff Foust ‏ @jeff_foust 14:16 - 10 окт. 2018 г.

DOD contract announcement: ULA, Orbital (now Northrop Grumman) and Blue Origin win launch services agreements from the Air Force. Nothing for SpaceX.

Самый дорогой косяк в истории  

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tnt22 пишет:

Jeff Foust ‏ @jeff_foust 14:16 - 10 окт. 2018 г.

DOD contract announcement: ULA, Orbital (now Northrop Grumman) and Blue Origin win launch services agreements from the Air Force. Nothing for SpaceX.

Самый дорогой косяк в истории    

Интересно о чем тогда МИА если сходится только первая сумма

 https://ria.ru/science/20181011/1530400862.html
ВАШИНГТОН, 11 окт — РИА Новости. Пентагон выделил более 1 миллиарда долларов на разработку перспективных космических ракет, говорится в сообщении американского военного ведомства.

В частности, консорциум United Launch Services (ULA) выиграл тендер на 967 миллионов долларов для разработки стартового комплекса для перспективной одноразовой ракеты-носителя. В консорциуме участвуют Boeing и Lockheed Martin.

Также компания ATK Launch Systems получила 45 миллионов долларов на разработку трех прототипов ракетных двигателей для того же проекта ракеты-носителя. Компания SpaceX Илона Маска получила контракт на 33,6 миллиона долларов  на дальнейшую разработку криогенного метанового ракетного двигателя Raptor.

Вот новые РН Маска не купили, а там только новые разработки....

Contracts for Oct. 10, 2018
AIR FORCE

United Launch Services, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $967,000,000 other-transaction agreement for the development of a Launch System Prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.  This award is part of a portfolio of three agreements that leverage commercial launch solutions in order to have at least two domestic, commercial launch service providers that meet National Security Space requirements, including the launch of the heaviest and most complex payloads.  This agreement requires shared cost investment for the development of the Vulcan Centaur launch system.  Work will be performed in Centennial, Colorado; and Decatur, Alabama, with launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2025.  This award is the result of a full and open competition. This agreement will be incrementally funded with fiscal 2018 through 2024 research, development, test and evaluation funds totaling a maximum of $967,000,000. Fiscal 2018 funds in the amount of $109,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award.  The Launch Systems Enterprise Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity (FA8811-19-9-0003).

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Orbital Sciences Corp., Chandler, Arizona, has been awarded a $791,601,015 other-transaction agreement for the development of a Launch System Prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.  This award is part of a portfolio of three agreements that leverage commercial launch solutions in order to have at least two domestic, commercial launch service providers that meet National Security Space requirements, including the launch of the heaviest and most complex payloads. This agreement requires shared cost investment for the development of the OmegA launch system.  Work will be performed in Chandler, Arizona; Magna and Promontory, Utah; Iuka, Mississippi; West Palm Beach, Florida; Sandusky, Ohio; and Michoud, Louisiana, with launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center, Florida; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.  The work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2024. This award is the result of a full and open competition. This agreement will be incrementally funded with fiscal 2018 through 2024 research, development, test and evaluation funds totaling a maximum of $791,601,015.  Fiscal 2018 funds in the amount of $109,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award.  The Launch Systems Enterprise Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity (FA8811-19-9-0002).  

Blue Origin LLC, Kent, Washington, has been awarded a $500,000,000 other-transaction agreement for the development of a Launch System Prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.  This award is part of a portfolio of three agreements that leverage commercial launch solutions in order to have at least two domestic, commercial launch service providers that meet National Security Space requirements, including the launch of the heaviest and most complex payloads.  This agreement requires shared cost investment for the development of the New Glenn launch system. Work will be performed in Kent, Washington; Huntsville, Alabama; and Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, with launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.  The work is expected to be completed by July 31, 2024. This award is the result of a full and open competition. This agreement will be incrementally funded with fiscal 2018 through 2024 research, development, test and evaluation funds totaling a maximum of $500,000,000. Fiscal 2018 funds in the amount of $109,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award.  The Launch Systems Enterprise Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity (FA8811-19-9-0001).  

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Mary Lynne Dittmar, Ph.D.‏ @DittmarML 5 ч. назад

John Elbon of ⁦@ulalaunch⁩ discussing Vulcan development...great flexibility in this range of configurations.
#VonBraun18 #VonBraunSymposium

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Eric Berger‏Подлинная учетная запись @SciGuySpace 7:16 - 28 нояб. 2018 г

Louradour, of ULA, says the company's initial Vulcan-Centaur rocket will launch in 2021, and the Vulcan-Centaur Heavy (with an upgraded Centaur second stage) will launch in 2023.


Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 7:17 - 28 нояб. 2018 г

Tiphaine Louradour, ULA: Vulcan will be much more simplified in terms of configurations that existing ULA vehicles. (But not down to the 1 version of New Glenn; will still have two different payload fairings and varying number of solid strap-on boosters.) #SpaceCom2018

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 9:24 - 28 нояб. 2018 г.

Bruno: "significant capital improvements" to ULA's factor in Decatur, Ala., to allow up to 20 Vulcan Centaur rockets a year to be produced there. #SpaceCom2018


9:29 - 28 нояб. 2018 г.

Bruno: doing modifications to existing Atlas pads to support Vulcan, making upgrades between launches so that they can support both vehicles. #SpaceCom2018

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ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 9:29 - 28 нояб. 2018 г.

Modifications under way at Space Launch Complex-41!
#VulcanCentaur #AtlasV

 TMRO‏ @tmro 9:28 - 28 нояб. 2018 г.

Launch pad will support two different rockets! Flexible fingers of structure morph to shape of different rockets and configurations. World first multi-use launch platform!
@ulalaunch @torybruno #SpaceCom2018

ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 9:35 - 28 нояб. 2018 г.

.@torybruno #VulcanCentaur single stick will have 25% more capability than #DeltaIV Heavy at 1/3 cost.
#SpaceCom2018

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ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 15:34 - 29 нояб. 2018 г.

#ISpy the new liquid natural gas tanks that we'll use to fuel the booster stage of our next-gen #VulcanCentaur rocket. First launch in 2021!




15:34 - 29 нояб. 2018 г.

Modifications are underway to allow Space Launch Complex-41 to support #AtlasV and #VulcanCentaur launches during the Atlas V flyout.