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Integrated Ground Operations Demonstration Units Testing Plans and StatusCryogenic propellant loading operations with their associated flight and ground systems are some of the most complex, critical activities in launch operations. Consequently, these systems and operations account for a sizeable portion of the life cycle costs of any launch program. NASA operations for handling cryogens in ground support equipment have not changed substantially in 50 years, despite advances in cryogenics, system health management and command and control technologies. This project was developed to mature, integrate and demonstrate advancement in the current state of the art in these areas using two distinct integrated ground operations demonstration units (GODU): GODU Integrated Refrigeration and Storage (IRAS) and GODU Autonomous Control
Document ID
20120015765
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Johnson, Robert G. (NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Notardonato, William U. (NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Currin, Kelly M. (NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Orozco-Smith, Evelyn M. (NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
September 11, 2012
Subject Category
Propellants And Fuels
Report/Patent Number
KSC-2012-246
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Space 2012
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: September 11, 2012
End Date: September 13, 2012
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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