ATLAS V ECHOSTAR XIX MISSION
ATLAS V 431
An Atlas V 431 rocket will deliver EchoStar’s XIX satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). The United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Atlas V rocket is provided to Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch
Services. Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The Atlas V 431 configuration rocket, with three solid rocket boosters,
provides the optimum performance to precisely deliver a range of
mission types. In service for more than ten years, the Atlas V 431
configuration rocket has launched two commercial communications
satellites where they provide global communications from
geostationary orbit.
EchoStar XIX will be the world’s highest capacity broadband satellite
in orbit, dramatically increasing capacity for HughesNet® high-speed
satellite Internet service to homes and businesses in North America.
This large, multi-spot beam Ka-band satellite, based on the powerful
SSL 1300 platform, will be stationed at 97.1 degrees West longitude.
Building from their experience on the highly successful EchoStar XVII
broadband satellite, SSL and Hughes collaboratively engineered the
specific design details of this payload for optimum performance.
First Launch: Mar. 11, 2005
Launches to date: 2
Performance to GTO: 7,700 kg (16,970 lb)
Performance to LEO-Reference: 15,260 kg (33,660 lb)
Satellite Image Courtesy of EchoStar
Payload Fairing (PLF)
The EchoStar XIX satellite is encapsulated in the 4-m (14-ft) diameter extra extended payload fairing (XEPF). The XEPF is a bisector (two-piece shell) fairing consisting
of aluminum skin/stringer construction with vertical split-line longerons. The vehicle’s
height with the PLF is approximately 194 ft.
Centaur
The Centaur second stage is 10 ft in diameter and 41.5 ft in length. Its propellant
tanks are constructed of pressure-stabilized, corrosion resistant stainless steel.
Centaur is a liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen- (cryogenic-) fueled vehicle. It uses a
single RL10C-1 engine producing 22,900 lbf of thrust. The cryogenic tanks are
insulated with a combination of helium-purged insulation blankets, radiation shields,
and spray-on foam insulation (SOFI). The Centaur forward adapter (CFA) provides
the structural mountings for the fault-tolerant avionics system and the structural and
electrical interfaces with the spacecraft.
Booster
The Atlas V booster is 12.5 ft in diameter and 106.5 ft in length. The booster’s
tanks are structurally rigid and constructed of isogrid aluminum barrels, spun-formed
aluminum domes, and intertank skirts. Atlas booster propulsion is provided by the
RD-180 engine system (a single engine with two thrust chambers). The RD-180
burns RP-1 (Rocket Propellant-1 or highly purified kerosene) and liquid oxygen,
and delivers 860,200 lb of thrust at sea level. Three solid rocket boosters (SRB)
generate the additional power required at liftoff, with each SRB providing 348,500
lb of thrust. The Atlas V booster is controlled by the Centaur avionics system, which
provides guidance, flight control, and vehicle sequencing functions during the booster and Centaur phases of flight.
MISSION OVERVIEW
With more than a century of combined heritage, United Launch Alliance
is the nation’s most experienced and reliable launch service provider.
ULA has successfully delivered more than 110 satellites to orbit that
provide critical capabilities for troops in the field, aid meteorologists in
tracking severe weather, enable personal device-based GPS navigation
and unlock the mysteries of our solar system.
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– 68th Atlas V Launch
– 115th ULA Launch
ATLAS V PRODUCTION AND LAUNCH
MISSION PROFILE AND GROUND TRACE
De
Soto, CACA
Sacramento,
•
Engine
Fabrication
at Aerojet
– RS-68
Solid
Rocket
Booster
Fabrication
at Rocketdyne
De
Soto,
CA
1. Sacramento, CA
De
Soto,
CA
Aerojet
Rocketdyne
De
Soto,
CA
•
RS-68
Engine
Fabrication
at Aerojet Rocketdyne
Brigham
City,
UT
•
RS-68
Engine
Fabrication
at Aerojet
Rocketdyne
Solid
Rocket
Booster
Fabrication at Aerojet Rocketdyne
De
Soto,
CA
•
RS-68
Engine
Fabrication
at Aerojet
Rocketdyne
Solid
Rocket
Motor
Fabrication
at Alliant
Technologies
Denver,
CO
Brigham
City,
UT
2.
Denver,
CO
Brigham
City,
UT
•
RS-68
Engine
Fabrication
at
Aerojet
Rocketdyne
De
Soto,
CA
Brigham
City,
UT&Fabrication
– Solid
ULA
Headquarters
Design at Alliant Technologies
•
Rocket
Denver,
CO
–Motor
ULA
Headquarters
&Technologies
Design
•
Solid
Rocket
Motor
at Alliant
•
RS-68
Engine
Fabrication
at Aerojet
Rocketdyne
Brigham
City,
UT&Fabrication
•
Solid
Rocket
Motor
Fabrication
at Alliant
Technologies
Center
Engineering
•
ULA
Headquarters
Design
Center
Engineering
Denver,
CO
Center
Engineering
•
Denver,
CO
Solid Rocket
Motor
at Alliant Technologies
Brigham
City,
UT&Fabrication
Denver,
CO
Harlingen,
TX
•
ULA Headquarters
Design Center
Engineering
3.
Harlingen,
TX
Decatur,
AL
•
ULA
Headquarters
&
Design
Center
Engineering
•– ULA
Solid
Rocket
at
Alliant
Technologies
Denver,
CO Motor
•
Headquarters
&Fabrication
Design
Center
Engineering
Payload
Fairing,
Payload
Fairing
Adapter,
Booster
•
Payload
Fairing/Adapter
Fabrication
–
Payload
Fairing,
Payload
Fairing Adapter, Booster Adapter & Centaur
Decatur,
AL
•
ULA
Headquarters
&
Design
Center
Engineering
Adapter
&
Centaur
Adapter
Fabrication
Denver,
CO
Decatur,
AL
• Payload
Booster Fabrication
Decatur,
AL
•
Fairing/Adapter
Fabrication
Adapter
Fabrication
Payload
Fairing/Adapter
Fabrication
•
ULA
Headquarters
& Design
Center Engineering
Second
Stage
AL
Decatur,
AL4. Fabrication
••Decatur,
Payload
Fairing/Adapter
Fabrication
Booster
Fabrication
Decatur,
AL
•
Booster
Fabrication
•
Payload
Fairing/Adapter
Fabrication
–
Fabrication
&
Final
Assembly,
Centaur
Booster
Second
Stage
Fabrication
Decatur,
AL–Beach,
Booster
• Second
Stage
Fabrication
West
Palm
FLFabrication & Final Assembly, Centaur Tank Fabrication &
1
3
2
NPO Energomash
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1 Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center (ASOC) | Launch
Control Center and Mission Director’s Center
1 Vertical Integration Facility (VIF)
(See inset)
2 Bridge Crane Hammerhead
3 Spacecraft Processing Facility | Spacecraft processing,
testing and encapsulation
8 Booster LO2 Storage
Centaur
Booster
5
(hr:min:sec)
RD-180 Engine Ignition
Liftoff (Thrust to Weight > 1)
Begin Pitch/Yaw Maneuver
Mach 1 Maximum Dynamic Pressure
SRB Jettison
Atlas Booster Engine Cutoff (BECO)
Atlas Booster/Centaur Separation
Centaur Main Engine Start (MES-1)
Payload Fairing Jettison
Centaur First Main Engine Cutoff (MECO-1)
Centaur Second Main Engine Start (MES-2)
Centaur Second Main Engine Cutoff (MECO-2)
EchoStar XIX Separation
-2.7
1.1
5.5
45.4
57.7
125.1
266.7
272.7
282.7
290.7
818.6
1,389.2
1,737.6
1,923.7
-00:00:02.7
00:00:01.1
00:00:05.5
00:00:45.4
00:00:57.7
00:02:05.1
00:04:26.7
00:04:32.7
00:04:42.7
00:04:50.7
00:13:38.6
00:23:09.2
00:28:57.6
00:32:03.7
60
5
9 Pad Equipment Building (PEB)
LION
BOSS
10 Pad ECS Shelter
40
20
Spacecraft
TEL-4
HULA
4
6
0
4-m Payload
Fairing Halves
1
1
3
10
Space Launch Complex-41
7
REEF
9
Telemetry Ground Station
Launch Vehicle /Spacecraft Groundtrack
TDRS Asset Geostationary Orbital Position
-80
6
Solid Rocket Boosters
8
TDRS 41
-40
-60
4
Guam
7
-20
Payload
Transporter
Mobile
Launch
Platform
Time
(seconds)
80
2
4
Time
Event
Longitude (deg)
4
7 High Pressure Gas Storage
Interstage
Adapter
9
2
5 Mobile Launch Platform (MLP)
6 Centaur LO2 Storage
4-m
Boattail
8
Perigee Altitude: 204 km | Apogee Altitude: 65,000 km | Inclination: 25.44 deg | Argument of Perigee: 180 deg
4 Launch Vehicle
4 Vertical Integration Facility | Launch vehicle integration
and testing, spacecraft mate and integrated operations
1
2
3
3 Bridge Crane
7
4
Booster
Fabrication
Second
Stage
Fabrication
Fabrication
& Centaur
Final Assembly
•• Tank
Payload
Fairing/Adapter
Fabrication
Centaur
Final
Assembly
•
RL10
Engine
Fabrication
at Aerojet
Rocketdyne
•
Second
Stage
Fabrication
West
Palm
Beach,
FL
•West
Booster
Fabrication
Palm
Beach,
FL Palm
West
Palm
Beach,
FL
5.
West
Beach,
FL
West
Palm
Beach,
FLatat Aerojet
•• RL10
Engine
Fabrication
Rocketdyne
Second
Stage
Fabrication
– RL10
RL10C-1
Engine
Fabrication
at Aerojet
Rocket•
Engine
Fabrication
Rocketdyne
West
FLat Aerojet
RL10
Engine
Fabrication
•
RL10Palm
Engine–Beach,
Fabrication
Aerojet
Rocketdyne at Aerojet Rocketdyne
dyne
•
RL10Palm
Engine6.
Fabrication
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Khimki,
West
Beach,
FLatRussia
Russia
•Khimki,
RL10 Engine
Fabrication
at
Aerojet Fabrication
Rocketdyne at
– RD-180 Engine
– RD-180 Engine Fabrication at
2 Delta Operations Center | ISA, Centaur, Boattail
Vertical Integration
6
5
-135
8
9
-90
-45
0
45
90
135
All Values Approximate
Geodetic Latitude (deg)
1
11
211
221
221
3
23
3
233
4
443
443
4
45
55
55
5
65