LAUNCHING COMPLEX FOR PRE-LAUNCHING PROCEDURE AND LAUNCH OF LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH SPACE VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: space rocketry, in particular, equipment of launching complexes of launch vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: the offered complex has a launch control center, service tower and other equipment, including air supply pipe-lines for providing of thermal conditions of compartments and pods of the launch vehicle and the space vehicle. The complex is provided with a monitoring system of the air supplied with a monitoring system of the air supplied through the mentioned pipe-lines. The given system includes thermocontainers located on the platforms of the service tower. A temperature and moisture monitor unit and an optoelectronic counter are installed inside each thermocontainer. The unit and the counter are coupled respectively through temperature and moisture sending units and a sampler to the mentioned air supply pipe-lines. A personal computer coupled to the equipment of the mentioned thermocontainers through conjugation devices is installed in the operator's room. A monitor, printer and a source of uninterrupted supply with a supply-line filter are connected to this computer. All the components of the monitoring system are interconnected by cable lines passing through a junction box.

EFFECT: enhanced engineering level and efficiency of operation of the launching complex, enhanced reliability of launches.

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