1. AAE450 Spring 2009 Launch Vehicles Zarinah Blockton Mission Operations 1/29/2009 Blockton Ops

2. 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)85460018002001 8M Falcon 9 (USA) 1925kg TLI35310071432006 31M GSLV (India)452500 1999 Zenit 3SL (Soviet)905250 2006 Long March 2F (China)5535001999 9M Ariane 4 (ESA)85480022002001 10M Soyuz (Soviet)503150

3. 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]