Re: Griffin Wants Inline SDLV and 5 Segment SRB/CEV
Jorge R. Frank wrote:
Scott Lowther <scottlowther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:M7Axe.343$j21.231@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Kim Keller wrote:
It wouldn't entirely surprise me to see the first qualification
launche of the 5-segment stick booster (no upper stage) by late 2006,
using Pad 39B and the third MLP as infrastructure.
There's no way the avionics and the TVC system will be ready for test
by then.
Errrrrmmmm... the TVC system is available *now.*
In two axes (pitch and yaw, or more precisely rock and tilt) only. A single
SRB has no roll control.
Yes, the roll control system will need development. But that's not
"thrust vector control."
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