Seminar ON TOPIC: - Reusable Launch Vehicle: Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering

SEMINAR
ON
TOPIC: -Reusable Launch Vehicle
Submitted in the partial fulfilment of requirement for the award of degree of
Bachelor of Engineering
In
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Submitted By
Shivam Gandotra (206/16)
Under the guidance of
Prof. Neha Gupta
GUIDE
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Mahant Bachittar Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
2019
1.INTRODUCTION
2.HISTORY
3.AT PRESENT
4.DESIGN OF AN RLV
5.SPACE X FALCON 9
6.FIRST STAGE REUSE
7.FALCON 9 SECOND STAGE
8.ADVANTAGES
9.DISADVANTAGES
10.APPLICATIONS
INTRODUCTION
 A reuseable launch vehicle refer to a vehicle which can used for a several
missions
 A reuseable launch vehicle is the space analog of an aircraft.Ideally it

takeoff vertically on the back of an expandable rocket and then glide back
down like an aircraft during the landing phase an RLV can either land on a
runway ,splash down or in the drone ship
 If one can cure out how to effectily reuse rockets just like airplanes, the
cost of access to space will be reduced by as much as a factor of a hundred.
 A fully reusable vehicle has never been done before. That really is the
fundamental breakthrough needed to revolutionize access to space.
 If we sucessfully use the RLV the space mission can become more accessible
The thought of Reusable launch vehicles started in 1950’s,
but serious attempts at completely reusable launch vehicles
started in the 1990s. The most prominent were the
McDonnell-Douglas DC-X and the Lockheed Martin X-33
Venture Star.
SpaceX is a recent player in the private launch market succeeding
in converting its Falcon 9 expandable launch vehicle into a partially
reusable vehicle by returning the first stage for reuse.
On 23 November 2015, Blue Origin New Shepard rocket became the first
proven Vertical Take-off Vertical Landing (VTVL) rocket which can reach
space 100.5 kilometers.
BODY:- The body has to withstand very high stresses. It
has to cope with the rapid change in temperatures which
changes from -250°C in shade to 250°C in direct sunlight.
Wings: Delta wings provides enough lift to fly to space
and also reduce the friction during re-entry.
Cockpit: Cockpit has double-paned glass windows which
can withstand the force of flight, pressure and vacuum.
Oxygen bottles are used to add breathable air. An
absorber system removes the exhaled carbon dioxide.
Electrical Power: The power required is taken from

lithium batteries which could be charged, if needed by
using solar energy.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by
SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the
Dragon spacecraft into orbit
Falcon 9’s simple two-stage configuration minimizes the
number of separation events -- and with nine first-stage
engines, it can safely complete its mission even in the event
of an engine shutdown.
STAGE 1:-Falcon 9’s first stage incorporates nine Merlin
engines and aluminum-lithium alloy tanks containing liquid
oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant
It generate a thrust of 7,607KN of thrust at sea level
And 8,227KN in vacuum
It comprises of a single
engine and generates a
thrust of 934KN
it can carry a payload
of 22,800KG to LEO
and payload to mars is
4020KG
First stage Re-Use
 The overall goal of F9R is to make the first stage of Falcon 9 fully re-usable
by returning them to a landing site vertically.
 Falcon 9 is ultimately planned to fully reuse the stage back to the launch
site after separation and land it vertically on deployable landing legs.
 The four deployable landing legs and four grid ns used for three-axis control
during atmospheric flight, especially during non-propulsive flight phases.
 Made of aluminium honeycomb and carbon-composite materials, the four

legs have a total mass of around 2,100 Kilograms.
 Grid-ns perform well in all velocity ranges including supersonic and subsonic
speeds .
 Cold gas N2 thrusters are used to rotate the booster into the direction of
flight.
F9R grid fins and landing legs
Falcon 9R Second stage
 The second stage matches the first stages diameter of 3.66 meters.
 Stage1 to be 13.8 meters in length without payload adapter and 1st Stage
Inter-stage with an internet mass just under four metric tons.
 The second stage can hold 64,820kg of LOX and 27,850kg of RP-1 giving it
a launch mass of 96,600kg.
 One Merlin 1D engine is powering the second stage.
 M1D is also a turbo pump-fed gas generator engine.
 The flight computers run on Linux with software written in C++.
Separation of stage 2 from stage 1

Advantages
1. Compared to other launch vehicles the F9R is a reusable launch

vehicle.
2. By using F9R the cost is being reduced by 60 percent.
3. Total liftoff mass of 1400 metric tons(14 Lakh Kilo) by using in a single
launch have been planned this year.
4. The stage-1 can be landed any were means in a ship or sea drone which
is very efficient.
5. Can be used in Military applications.
6. Falcon 9R is a highly reliable launch vehicle.

Disadvantages
1. The Falcon 9 experiences major temperature changes during its flights,

as well as intense pressures and vibrations from the winds in the
atmosphere.
2. Refurbishing a rocket engine is often expensive. And if those repairs

take too long, SpaceX cant launch its vehicles as frequently.
3. To launch F9R the climate condition should be absolute normal.
4. The vertical landing of F9R is very complicated , if any thing goes wrong
whole purpose of the rocket is gone.
Applications
1. Its a type of launch vehicle which can lift up satellite to the orbits ,
can take payload to the International Space Station and can also take
humans using dragon vehicle.
2. As this is the first reusable launch vehicle ever used is the pivotal
breakthrough needed to substantially reduce the cost of space access.
3. Can be used multiple times per day, and conduct tens of thousands of
flights over its lifetime.
4. The reusable launch vehicle can reused with in 24 hours after the
Stage-1 F9R lands vertically.
5. Falcon 9R is being said to be used in human MARS mission in 2020.
6. In a single launch F9R can put 15 satellite of orbit of each of 200kg.
7.The main goal of the falcon 9 and the falcon heavy is to make living
possile multiplanetiry

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SEMINAR

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

 A reuseable launch vehicle is the space analog of an aircraft.Ideally it

Electrical Power: The power required is taken from

 Made of aluminium honeycomb and carbon-composite materials, the four

Separation of stage 2 from stage 1

1. Compared to other launch vehicles the F9R is a reusable launch

2. By using F9R the cost is being reduced by 60 percent.

5. Can be used in Military applications.

6. Falcon 9R is a highly reliable launch vehicle.

1. The Falcon 9 experiences major temperature changes during its flights,

2. Refurbishing a rocket engine is often expensive. And if those repairs

3. To launch F9R the climate condition should be absolute normal.

5. Falcon 9R is being said to be used in human MARS mission in 2020.

6. In a single launch F9R can put 15 satellite of orbit of each of 200kg.

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