AAE450 Spring 2009 Launch Vehicles Zarinah Blockton Mission Operations 1/29/2009 Blockton Ops
AAE450 Spring 2009 GTO - Geostationary transfer orbit TLI - Translunar Injection [Blockton] [OPS] Launch Vehicle Launch Price (Million) Payload to GTO (kg) Cost/kg GTO ($)Yearcost (M) Proton (USA) M Falcon 9 (USA) 1925kg TLI M GSLV (India) Zenit 3SL (Soviet) Long March 2F (China) M Ariane 4 (ESA) M Soyuz (Soviet)503150
AAE450 Spring 2009 Costing Clv = P ((mp/mt) + E/100) * (1-i/100)^(n-2009) Clv - Cost of launch vehicle for our payload P = Launch Cost Mt = total payload mass deliverable to GEO Mp = payload mass that we want to GEO (~2200 kg) E = Premium for piggy-backing (10%) i = inflation rate, 3.8% (from US govt. inflation stats) n = year of quote [Name] [Group]