Independent Orbiter Assessment (IOA) : Analysis of the reaction control system, volume 1.
- Author:
- Paul, D. J.
- Published:
- Jan 19, 1987.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Burkemper, V. J., Odonnell, R. A., and Haufler, W. A.
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- The results of the Independent Orbiter Assessment (IOA) of the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Critical Items List (CIL) are presented. The IOA approach features a top-down analysis of the hardware to determine failure modes, criticality, and potential critical items. To preserve independence, this analysis was accomplished without reliance upon the results contained within the NASA FMEA/CIL documentation. This report documents the independent analysis results for the Reaction Control System (RCS). The purpose of the RCS is to provide thrust in and about the X, Y, Z axes for External Tank (ET) separation; orbit insertion maneuvers; orbit translation maneuvers; on-orbit attitude control; rendezvous; proximity operations (payload deploy and capture); deorbit maneuvers; and abort attitude control. The RCS is situated in three independent modules, one forward in the orbiter nose and one in each OMS/RCS pod. Each RCS module consists of the following subsystems: Helium Pressurization Subsystem; Propellant Storage and Distribution Subsystem; Thruster Subsystem; and Electrical Power Distribution and Control Subsystem. Of the failure modes analyzed, 307 could potentially result in a loss of life and/or loss of vehicle.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19900001622.
Accession ID: 90N10938.
NASA-CR-185532-VOL-1.
REPT-1.0-WP-VA86001-27-VOL-1.
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