RU2378167C2 - Method to assembly space rocket nose cone - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: aerospace engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to aerospace engineering, particularly, to assembly of space rocket nose cone. Rocket nose cone consists of nose fairing, space apparatus coupled with adapter section and space boost unit. Proposed method comprises coupling space boost unit in horizontal position with S/C handling dolly with the help of special integration carts. Then, other integration carts are used to couple nose cone with front face of space boost unit, and nose fairing head is separated from its tail coupled with boost unit. Assembly made up of boost unit and nose fairing tail is transferred from horizontal into vertical position with the help of S/C handling dolly. Space apparatus coupled with adapter section is coupled with boost unit. Assembly made up of space apparatus coupled with adapter section and boost unit with nose fairing tail are moved into horizontal position with the help of S/C handling dolly. Nose fairing head is coupled with nose fairing tail with the help of integration carts. Assembled spacecraft nose cone is detached from S/C handling dolly.

EFFECT: reduced assembly time.

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Description

The invention relates to rocket and space technology, and in particular to a method for assembling a space head part of space rockets, consisting of a head fairing, which includes the nose and tail parts, the spacecraft docked with the transition compartment, and the space booster block.

With the inclusion of a space booster in a space rocket to ensure the delivery of spacecraft into high-energy orbits, the need arose to create an independent assembly of the space warhead.

The assembly of the space head part separately from the launch vehicle allows the preparation of the space head part and the launch vehicle to launch a space rocket in parallel.

The objective of the invention is the assembly of the space head part in order to reduce the preparation time for launching a space rocket by assembling the space head part in a separate workplace in parallel with the preparation of the launch vehicle.

The problem is solved due to the fact that in the method of assembling the space head part, consisting of the head fairing, the spacecraft docked with the transition compartment, and the space booster block in the horizontal position using mounting and docking carts, the space booster block is joined with the rear end to the stand to the turner.

Then, with the help of other mounting docking trolleys, the head fairing is docked with the front end of the space booster unit and the nose part of the head fairing is undocked from its tail part docked with the space booster unit.

The assembly in the form of a space booster block and the tail part of the nose fairing is moved from a horizontal position to a vertical using a tilt-stand, the spacecraft docked with the transition compartment is joined to the space booster block, then the assembly is in the form of a spacecraft docked with the transition compartment, and space booster with the tail of the fairing with the help of the stand-tilter is moved to a horizontal position and the nose is docked to the tail of the head fairing the main part of the head fairing with the help of mounting and docking trolleys, after which the stand-tilter is undocked from the assembled space head part.

The drawing schematically shows the sequence of actions of the proposed method for assembling the space head part, where:

1 - spacecraft;

2 - transition compartment;

3 - head fairing;

4 - mounting and docking trolleys;

5 - stand-tilter;

6 - space booster;

7 - the nose;

8 - tail.

In the method of assembling the space head part, consisting of the head fairing 3, the spacecraft 1, docked with the transition compartment 2, and the space booster 6, in a horizontal position using mounting and docking carts 4, the space booster 6 is joined with the rear end to the tilt-stand 5.

Then, with the help of other mounting and docking carts 4, the head fairing 3 is joined to the front end of the space acceleration unit 6 and the nose part 7 of the head fairing 3 is undocked from its tail part 8 docked with the space acceleration unit 6.

The assembly in the form of a space booster block 6 and the tail portion 8 of the head fairing 3 is moved from the horizontal position to the vertical using the tilt-stand 5, the spacecraft 1 docked with the transition compartment 2 is joined to the space booster block 6, then the assembly in the form of a spacecraft 1, docked with the transition compartment 2, and the space booster block 6 with the tail portion 8 of the head fairing 3 using the stand-tilter 5 is moved to a horizontal position and to the tail portion 8 of the head fairing spruce 3 join the nose 7 of the head fairing 3 using mounting and docking carts 4, after which the assembled space head part is undocked from the stand-tilter 5.

The head fairing 3 has a technological inseparable joint in flight between the nose portion 7 of the head fairing 3 and the tail portion 8 of the head fairing 3, as well as a joint shared in flight between the tail portion 8 of the head fairing 3 and the space booster 6. Assembly of the joint shared in flight, as the most responsible, it is necessary to conduct in the most rigid form of the assembled structures, i.e. when the head fairing 3 is fully assembled (its nose is docked with the tail). The technological joint of the head fairing 3 is used in the assembly process of the space head part for the installation of the spacecraft docked with the transition compartment.

For example, lifting and docking in a vertical position of a spacecraft 1, docked with a transition compartment 2, with a space accelerating unit 6, having large dimensions, can be carried out using two bridge cranes and a transverse beam, and the cranes must be equipped with a remote control system that provides synchronous control of two cranes and is serviced by one operator from a portable control panel.

The application of this method of assembling the space head at a separate workplace in parallel with the preparation of the launch vehicle provides a significant reduction in the time of preparation of the space rocket for launch.

Claims (1)

A method of assembling a space head part consisting of a head fairing, a spacecraft docked with a transition compartment, and a space booster unit, characterized in that in a horizontal position using mounting and docking carts the space booster unit is joined with the rear end to the tilt stand, then with with the help of other mounting and docking trolleys, the head fairing is joined with the front end of the space booster unit and the nose part of the head fairing is undocked from its tail part, forged with a space booster block, an assembly in the form of a space booster block and the tail part of the head fairing are moved from a horizontal position to a vertical one, the spacecraft docked with the transition compartment is joined to the space booster block, then the assembly is in the form of a spacecraft, docked with the transition compartment, and the space booster unit with the tail part of the head fairing with the help of the tilt stand is moved to a horizontal position and to the tails the second part of the head fairing is joined by the nose of the head fairing using mounting and docking trolleys, after which the assembled space head part is undocked from the stand-tilter.