And meanwhile in.....

[shoogerbrugge]

And meanwhile in Russia 4 launches have taken place within 10 days from the same cosmodrome.<br /><br />On June 15 a civilian remote sensing satellite Resurs-DK was lofted on a SoyuzU<br />On June 17 Kazakstan's first satellite was placed into orbit by a ProtonK<br />On June 24 another Progress was sent to the ISS.<br />On June 25 a satellite for the Russian navy left earth onboard a Cyclone.<br /><br />Maybe its time for less words, less birdstrike holds and a little more action.

 

[ve7rkt]

> less birdstrike holds<br /><br />Proton and Tsyklon boosters use N2O4/UDMH propellants. If you flew more similarly fueled Titans out of KSC on a regular basis instead of LOX/Kerosene powered Deltas and Atlases, you wouldn't have to worry about birdstrikes there either. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[qso1]

Russia (As the former Soviet Union) is the holder of the record for launches so this is no suprise. 102 launches in 1982 IIRC. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[vulture2]

Atlas V, Delta IV, and Delta II are all capable of quick turnarounds if the customers could be found. With four active ELV pads the Cape could theoretically launch four payloads inside a week or so.

 

[qso1]

Being that there expendable, the turnaround can be quicker but production rates of the launch vehicles would determine how quick.<br /><br />The launch complexes are dedicated to the launch vehicles and usually no more than two pads per complex. The Delta II vehicles are launched from complex 17 A or B But not from the D-4 pads which are complex 37 or Atlas pads which is complex 41 and there is only the one pad at complex 41. 41 was formerly a Titan complex.<br /><br />D-4 heavies are launched from complex 37 A or B but I'm not sure if they actually restored both 37 A and B. The vehicles cannot be launched from just any of the pads. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[scottb50]

But you would have to deal with all the dead birds.<br /><br />The Titans used today are solid boosters, the names the same but it's a different vehicle from the 50's. Ask the Brazlians, they were using hypergolics and blew up pretty much their whole launch facility.<br /><br />SCUDS, Taepodongs and other primative missle designs have the same problem, highly toxic fuels and oxiderzers that explode on contact with one another, not a good idea. The Germans dealt with the problem in WWII. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[qso1]

Titan actually started out as liquid fueled LOX/Kerosene in the Titan 1. UDMH/N2O4 on the Titan II, III, 34, and IV core stages and augmented with SRBs (Except the II and early versions of the III). <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>