world view payload user’s guide 2016

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1、WorldViewPayloadUsersGuideWorldViewPayloadUser’sGuide2016PointofContact:TravisR.PalmerPhone:(734)846-4588Email:travis@worldview.space©2016WorldViewWorldViewPayloadUser’sGuide1IntroductionHoldingworldrecordsinmannedandunmannedhighaltitudeballooning,flightoperationsandaerody

2、namicdescent,WorldViewisuniquelycapableofperformingawiderangeofmissionoperationsandaccommodatinguniquepayloadrequirements.WorldViewischanginghowtheedgeofspaceisusedforresearchandeducation,fromdevelopmentofaconceptthroughproposalsupportandsuccessfullyflyingyourmissiononacom

3、merciallyoperatedvehicle.Ifyoudonotfindthecapabilitiesthatyouarelookingforinthisdocument,pleasecontactTravisPalmerat(734)846-4588ortravis@worldview.space.Thisuser’sguideisintendedtoinformpayloadproviderswhowilluseoneofWorldView’shigh-techballoonsystems,calledStratollites,t

4、oaccesstheEarth’sStratosphere.ThisguidedescribesthecapabilitiesandstandardprocessbywhichpayloadprovidersinteractwiththeWorldViewteamandpreparetheirpayloadforflightonourStratollites.ThisguidealsoprovidesusefulinformationregardingourStratollitecapabilities,interfaces,flighte

5、nvironments,logistics,andrecommendedpayloaddesignfeaturesthatwillhelpensuremissionsuccess.2WorldViewStratolliteOverviewWorldViewhasthecapabilitytolaunchandflypayloadsrangingfrom<1to4,500kg(indevelopment),withflightdurationsrangingfrom5minutestomonths(capabilitycurrentlyind

6、evelopment)attargetfloataltitudesvaryingfrom15to46km(~50,000to151,000feet).Figure1.StratExFlightSystemThesesystemsshareheritagewiththoseweusedfortherecordsettingStratExmannedballoonflightsperformedinOctober2014(seeFigure1).Page

7、1WorldViewPayloadUsersGuideWorldViewStratolli

8、tesarecomprisedoftheirLiftBalloonandtheirStratocraft(seeFigure2).Foranygivenflight,thesetwoelementsareselectedandtailoredasneededtoaccommodatethepayloadandflightrequirements.Thepayload(s)aremountedtoorinterfacewiththeStratolliteforflight.2.1StratocraftTheStratocraftiscompr

9、isedofthefollowingsub-systems:Stratoframe(structure)AerodynamicDescentSystem(ADS)Avion