Delta Launch

Vehicle Systems

Aerospace provides comprehensive engineering support to the development and application of launch systems--from system inception through development and on-orbit operations. Multidisciplinary expert teams supported by four major technical facilities provide evaluation and analysis in guidance and control, flight mechanics, aerothermodynamics, propulsion, and structural mechanics.

Guidance and Control

  • attitude determination and control
  • booster guidance, control, and navigation
  • control sensors, actuators and electronics
  • flight software validation and real-time simulation
  • advanced guidance and control
    technologies
  • Global Positioning System (GPS) applications
 

Vehicle Performance

  • flight mechanics and optimization
  • fluid mechanics and aerodynamics
  • thermal control and thermodynamics
  • solid rocket motor and liquid propulsion systems
  • launch vehicle thermal analysis
 

Structural Mechanics

  • structural dynamics analysis and testing
  • thermostructural technologies
  • advanced structural technologies
  • environmental material and
    testing
  • mechanical systems and component evaluations
  • ordinance device analysis and application
 
 

 



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