Development of a measures complex to reduce the technogenic impact of launches of the promising Irtysh launch vehicle in the impact areas of the Baikonur cosmodrome

Abstract

Scientific and methodological approaches to minimizing the technogenic impact of launches of the promising launch vehicles of the Irtysh type with the oxygen-kerosene main liquid rocket engines of the Baiterek rocket complex in the impact areas of the Baikonur cosmodrome are considered. The basic directions for the reducing the technogenic impact of the worked-off booster of the first stage of the Irtysh type launch vehicle in the impact areas are: determining the optimal site for the worked-off stages (WS) fall in the selected zones of the impact areas that have the greatest resistance and the minimum cost on the restoration of the soil grounds of the site of the WS fall to its initial state - (A); controlled WS descent after separation from the LV into the designated site of the fall with an accuracy not exceeding the size of the selected optimal site - (B). To solve problems of the direction A, it is proposed to create an additional information and analytical system of the impact area. To solve problems of the direction B, possible design solutions are proposed based on the evaporation of unused liquid fuel residues in the WS tanks, and using the resulting vapor-gas mixtures for controlled WS descent to the dedicated zone of the impact area.

Methods for the Calculation and Control of Launch Vehicle Drop Regions

“…Another example can be found in articles [11,45], which discuss the concept of mitigating the harmful effects of the space industry on the DR's environment. The authors proposed the use of certain basic methodologies in determining the DRs.…”