AAE450 Spring 2009

Launch Vehicles

Zarinah Blockton

Mission Operations

1/29/2009

BlocktonOps

AAE450 Spring 2009

GTO - Geostationary transfer orbit TLI - Translunar Injection

[Blockton] [OPS]

Launch Vehicle

Launch Price (Million)

Payload to GTO (kg)

Cost/kg GTO ($) Year cost (M)

Proton (USA) 85 4600 1800 2001 8M

Falcon 9 (USA)1925kg TLI 35 3100 7143 2006 31M

GSLV (India) 45 2500  1999

Zenit 3SL (Soviet) 90 5250  2006

Long March 2F (China) 55 3500 1999  9M

Ariane 4 (ESA) 85 4800 2200 2001 10M

Soyuz (Soviet) 50 3150   

AAE450 Spring 2009 [Name] [Group]

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 GEOMp = 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