diff --git a/Reports/Radiation/Comparison of Orbital Proton Fluences.pdf b/Reports/Radiation/Comparison of Orbital Proton Fluences.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84a7f09 Binary files /dev/null and b/Reports/Radiation/Comparison of Orbital Proton Fluences.pdf differ diff --git a/Reports/Radiation/Readme.md b/Reports/Radiation/Readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f75a877 --- /dev/null +++ b/Reports/Radiation/Readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +## Orbital Radiation Reports Directory +The following is a listing of reports found in this directory, along with their abstracts. + +### Comparison of Orbital Proton Fluences For Proposed STP: Pearl Mission Orbits + +This paper compares proton fluxes for four typical mission orbits: the MEO orbit; the Molniya HEO orbit; the TESS P/2 HEO orbit, and the Spitzer Earth Trailing +orbit (ETO); for more detail on individual orbits, see the STP Orbital Comparison memo. The proton +fluences are the result of SPENVIS modeling, with the exception of the ETO, which is cited from +Spitzer data. Illustrations of the orbital paths and their proximity to the Van Allen Radiation Belts +are also presented. diff --git a/Reports/Radiation/Source/Comparison of Orbital Proton Fluxes.zip b/Reports/Radiation/Source/Comparison of Orbital Proton Fluxes.zip new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d2cd88 Binary files /dev/null and b/Reports/Radiation/Source/Comparison of Orbital Proton Fluxes.zip differ diff --git a/Reports/Radiation/Source/Readme.md b/Reports/Radiation/Source/Readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7e74381 --- /dev/null +++ b/Reports/Radiation/Source/Readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Report Source Files +This directory contains the Latex source files for reports contained within the Radiaiton Reports directory. diff --git a/Reports/Vehicle/Readme.md b/Reports/Vehicle/Readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53556a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Reports/Vehicle/Readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# Launch Vehicle Reports Directory +The following is a listing of reports found in this directory, along with their abstracts. + +**Preview of The SpaceX Starship: General Consensus on Weights & Fuel, and Calculated ∆V** +The following memo describes characteristics of the SpaceX Starship that may be important to +the development of orbital trajectories. SpaceX has not released any finalized details on the vehicle’s +configuration as of this time, and a lot of the unofficial chatter on those details varies from week to +week. What I have accumulated here is the general consensus on certain fundamental values that +I have found in various reliable references, with those that have been repeated by more than one +source given primacy. I have also provided basic ∆V calculations based on those values, which can +act as a rough comparison when considering orbits and other options. + diff --git a/Reports/Vehicle/Source/Readme.md b/Reports/Vehicle/Source/Readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3bcbbd --- /dev/null +++ b/Reports/Vehicle/Source/Readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Report Source Files +This directory contains the Latex source files for reports contained within the Launch Vehicles directory. diff --git a/Reports/Vehicle/Source/The SpaceX Starship.zip b/Reports/Vehicle/Source/The SpaceX Starship.zip new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7aa10ea Binary files /dev/null and b/Reports/Vehicle/Source/The SpaceX Starship.zip differ diff --git a/Reports/Vehicle/The SpaceX Starship.pdf b/Reports/Vehicle/The SpaceX Starship.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7e8825 Binary files /dev/null and b/Reports/Vehicle/The SpaceX Starship.pdf differ diff --git a/launch.md b/launch.md index e2aa363..77c7c2d 100644 --- a/launch.md +++ b/launch.md @@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ Verification Specification (GEVS) which represents a 3-sigma case of applied acceleration due to launch- induced vibrations.'' [do Vale Pereira, P. et al 2020 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2020/all2020/121/] +### Vehicle Reports Directory: + +[Vehicle Reports](/Reports/Vehicle/Readme.md) diff --git a/radiation.md b/radiation.md index 2f2b786..c69a261 100644 --- a/radiation.md +++ b/radiation.md @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ +To go to the radiation reports directory: +[Radiation Reports](/Reports/Radiation/Readme.md) + +add /Reports/Radiation/Readme.md Radiation effects and COTS electronics reading list: Sinclair, D., & Dyer, J. (2013). Radiation Effects and COTS Parts in SmallSats. In Small Satellite Conference (p. 12).