| Manufacturer | Hughes Aircraft / Boeing |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Size | |
| Height | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Diameter | 8.38 m (27.5 ft) |
| Mass | 1,154,000 kg (2,544,000 lb) |
| Stages | 3 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to LEO |
38,000 kg (84,000 lb) |
| Payload to GTO |
13,000 kg (29,000 lb) |
| Launch history | |
| Status | None built |
| Total launches | 0 |
| First Stage | |
| Engines | 2x F-1 |
| Thrust | 15,481.26 kN (3,480,330 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 304 seconds (vacuum) |
| Burn time | 170 seconds |
| Fuel | LOX/RP-1 |
| Second Stage | |
| Engines | 1x J-2 |
| Thrust | 1,031.98 kN (232,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 425 seconds (vacuum) |
| Burn time | 525 seconds |
| Fuel | LOX/LH2 |
| Third Stage | |
| Engines | 8x R-4D |
| Thrust | 3.92 kN (880 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 312 seconds |
| Fuel | N2O4/MMH |
Jarvis was a proposed American heavy-lift launch vehicle for space launch, designed by Hughes Aircraft and Boeing during the mid-1980s as part of the joint United States Air Force (USAF)/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Advanced Launch System study. Intended to utilize engines and tooling in storage from the Saturn V rocket program along with Space Shuttle components, and projected to be capable of carrying up to six satellites into multiple orbits using a single launch, the proposal failed to meet the ALS requirements, and the Jarvis rocket was never built.
History[]
Jointly proposed by Hughes and Boeing as a heavy-lift rocket, using propulsion systems and equipment built for the Saturn V rocket and placed in storage at the end of the Apollo program,[1] as well as Space Shuttle components,[2] Jarvis was intended to be capable of launching major components of the planned Space Station Freedom and commercial satellites.[1] The rocket was named after Hughes employee and NASA mission specialist Gregory Jarvis, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986.[1]
Submitted as part of the Advanced Launch System studies jointly conducted by the United States Air Force and NASA for a new heavy-lift rocket system capable of substituting for the Space Shuttle and expanding upon its capabilities,[3] Jarvis was planned as a three-stage rocket capable of launching a payload of up to 83,000 pounds (38,000 kg) to low earth orbit, or 28,000 pounds (13,000 kg) to geosynchronous orbit; the rocket was projected to cost under $300 million USD per launch;[4] some estimates had a per-launch cost of the Jarvis vehicle at a cost as low as $150 million each, with $1 billion being cited as the projected development cost of the rocket system.[5]
The first stage of the Jarvis vehicle was designed to use two Rocketdyne F-1 engines, powered by RP-1 rocket fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX); these were the same engines used by the Saturn V's first stage. The second stage would use a single Rocketdyne J-2 LOX/liquid hydrogen (LH2) engine, while the third stage was intended to utilise eight Marquardt R-4D reaction control system thrusters, fueled by a hypergolic mix of nitrogen tetroxide and monomethylhydrazine (N2O4/MNH), to provide final boost, and to allow for the deployment of multiple payloads into different orbits.[4][6] Jarvis was designed to be capable of carrying payloads of up to 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter; as many as six satellites could be carried on a single rocket,[7] and it was suggested that the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation be deployed in this manner.[8] Although Hughes received an Air Force contract to study the Jarvis vehicle,[6] the Jarvis failed to meet the Air Force's requirements for the ALS, being too large in size compared to the specification.[9] In 1986, Hughes stated that the rocket could be operational by the 1990s,[6] with launches beginning two years after project go-ahead;[10] however the U.S. Air Force rejected the Hughes-Boeing proposal.[11] Consideration was given to continuing the Jarvis project as a private venture,[11] and the Jarvis was mentioned as meeting the requirements for a launch vehicle to be used in the establishment of a lunar base in a 1992 conference on the subject,[12] however nothing further came of the proposal, while the entire Advanced Launch System development effort was scaled back into the National Launch System before being cancelled in 1992.[13]
See also[]
- Saturn C-3
- Saturn INT-20
References[]
- Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Smith 1989, p.280
- ↑ Logsdon 1988, p. 138
- ↑ Thompson and Guerrier 1989, p.30
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Air Force Studies MLV". New York: McGraw-Hill. August 4, 1986. p. 34.
- ↑ "Shuttles: Hughes Aircraft proposes rocket to help fill the void left by disaster". The Deseret News. Salt Lake City, UT. August 14, 1986. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GT5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F4QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3544,5788638&dq=jarvis+rocket&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Future Rocket Will Make 'Local' Stops". New York: Hearst. December 1986. p. 125. http://books.google.com/books?id=F-MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA125&dq=%22Jarvis+MLV%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ImOTT8qLAamC2AWy-qztBA&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Jarvis%20MLV%22&f=false.
- ↑ Curtis 1990, p. 376
- ↑ Air Force Magazine, February 1986, p.32
- ↑ Gavaghan, Helen (29 January 1987). "Military satellites return to rockets". London: Reed Business Information. p. 37. http://books.google.com/books?id=xAF2K_xc8CIC&pg=PA37&dq=%22Air+Force+Studies+MLV%22+%22Jarvis%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GGGTT7mVOYfC2wWlyZXtBA&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Air%20Force%20Studies%20MLV%22%20%22Jarvis%22&f=false.
- ↑ Harwood, William (September 22, 1986). "Rocket builders are revamping technology". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "The Air Force dropped the Jarvis rocket bid". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. November 26, 1986. http://articles.latimes.com/1986-11-25/business/fi-13050_1_jarvis. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ↑ Dowling et al. in Mendell 1992, p. 180
- ↑ Henry 2003, p. 10
- Bibliography
- Curtis, Anthony R. (1990). Space Almanac. Woodsboro, Maryland: ARCsoft Publishers. ISBN 978-0866680653.
- Dowling, Richard; Robert L. Staehle, and Tomas Svitek. "A Lunar Polar Expedition". in Mendell, Wendell W., ed (1992). The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century , Volume 1. NASA Conference Publication 3166. 1. Houston, Texas: NASA. NASA-CP-3166-Vol-l.
- Henry, Gary N. (February 2003). The Decision Maker's Guide to Robust, Reliable, and Inexpensive Access to Space. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Air University. ISBN 978-1234087159. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:qHwZLeIH_I4J:www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc/henry.pdf+%22Advanced+Launch+System%22+cancellation&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj8YIc0XXOQA8BefEj2T4p65T1-emYTC_YZQoTIpNirbKSc6naq3FJ1fvtY-S0lesT6XXXwLykZnrPFrgNlmWeQ1F_EOjytNg79UR9tBVnlgHVH9OJ93m44AFlL2j0XMHxlmTrr&sig=AHIEtbR-yIiwjzD-WjiW8eHqWb1_jUv6-w.
- Logsdon, Tom (1988). Space, Inc: Your Guide to Investing in Space Exploration. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0517568125.
- Smith, Melvyn (1989). Illustrated History of the Space Shuttle. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International. ISBN 978-0854296002.
- Thompson, Wayne; Steven W. Guerrier (1989). Space: National Programs and International Cooperation. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0813377759.
External links[]
- Jarvis at Encyclopedia Astronautica
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