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Launch Vehicle Control Center ArchitecturesLaunch vehicles within the international community vary greatly in their configuration and processing. Each launch site has a unique processing flow based on the specific launch vehicle configuration. Launch and flight operations are managed through a set of control centers associated with each launch site. Each launch site has a control center for launch operations; however flight operations support varies from being co-located with the launch site to being shared with the space vehicle control center. There is also a nuance of some having an engineering support center which may be co-located with either the launch or flight control center, or in a separate geographical location altogether. A survey of control center architectures is presented for various launch vehicles including the NASA Space Launch System (SLS), United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V and Delta IV, and the European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5. Each of these control center architectures shares some similarities in basic structure while differences in functional distribution also exist. The driving functions which lead to these factors are considered and a model of control center architectures is proposed which supports these commonalities and variations.
Document ID
20140010914
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Watson, Michael D. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Epps, Amy (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Woodruff, Van (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Vachon, Michael Jacob (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Monreal, Julio (European Space Agency Paris, France)
Levesque, Marl (United Launch Alliance Denver, CO, United States)
Williams, Randall (Aerospace Corp. El Segundo, CA, United States)
Mclaughlin, Tom (Aerospace Corp. El Segundo, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 22, 2014
Publication Date
May 5, 2014
Subject Category
Launch Vehicles And Launch Operations
Report/Patent Number
M14-3438
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA SpaceOps 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: May 5, 2014
End Date: May 9, 2014
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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