A Rail-Mounted Pumping System Developed for Suborbital Rockets

James H. Tutt; Keir Hunter; Vincent A. Smedile; Jessica Mondoskin; Garrett Brady; Katherine Brooks; Ross McCurdy; Randall L. McEntaffer; Drew M. Miles

doi:10.1142/S2251171724500065

A Rail-Mounted Pumping System Developed for Suborbital Rockets

James H. Tutt, Keir Hunter, Vincent A. Smedile, Jessica Mondoskin, Garrett Brady, Katherine Brooks, Ross McCurdy, Randall L. McEntaffer, Drew M. Miles

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Suborbital rockets that fly focal-plane cameras that need to be cooled to optimize their operation face a series of challenges around their operation. These include maintaining a high-quality vacuum and the cooling of the detectors in a controlled way. These challenges are further heightened by the requirement that no current flows through the payload systems while the rocket motors are being armed. This paper discusses the novel pumping and cooling system implemented for the 2022 launch of the Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS), including the use of a magnetic umbilical to connect the vacuum foreline to the rocket skin.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	2450006
Journal	Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171724500065
State	Published - Jun 1 2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Instrumentation
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Access to Document

10.1142/S2251171724500065

Cite this

@article{192772d50e8a422a9e9f2683f5f4a297,

title = "A Rail-Mounted Pumping System Developed for Suborbital Rockets",

abstract = "Suborbital rockets that fly focal-plane cameras that need to be cooled to optimize their operation face a series of challenges around their operation. These include maintaining a high-quality vacuum and the cooling of the detectors in a controlled way. These challenges are further heightened by the requirement that no current flows through the payload systems while the rocket motors are being armed. This paper discusses the novel pumping and cooling system implemented for the 2022 launch of the Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS), including the use of a magnetic umbilical to connect the vacuum foreline to the rocket skin.",

author = "Tutt, {James H.} and Keir Hunter and Smedile, {Vincent A.} and Jessica Mondoskin and Garrett Brady and Katherine Brooks and Ross McCurdy and McEntaffer, {Randall L.} and Miles, {Drew M.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Author(s).",

year = "2024",

month = jun,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1142/S2251171724500065",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "13",

journal = "Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation",

issn = "2251-1717",

publisher = "World Scientific",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A Rail-Mounted Pumping System Developed for Suborbital Rockets

AU - Tutt, James H.

AU - Hunter, Keir

AU - Smedile, Vincent A.

AU - Mondoskin, Jessica

AU - Brady, Garrett

AU - Brooks, Katherine

AU - McCurdy, Ross

AU - McEntaffer, Randall L.

AU - Miles, Drew M.

PY - 2024/6/1

Y1 - 2024/6/1

N2 - Suborbital rockets that fly focal-plane cameras that need to be cooled to optimize their operation face a series of challenges around their operation. These include maintaining a high-quality vacuum and the cooling of the detectors in a controlled way. These challenges are further heightened by the requirement that no current flows through the payload systems while the rocket motors are being armed. This paper discusses the novel pumping and cooling system implemented for the 2022 launch of the Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS), including the use of a magnetic umbilical to connect the vacuum foreline to the rocket skin.

AB - Suborbital rockets that fly focal-plane cameras that need to be cooled to optimize their operation face a series of challenges around their operation. These include maintaining a high-quality vacuum and the cooling of the detectors in a controlled way. These challenges are further heightened by the requirement that no current flows through the payload systems while the rocket motors are being armed. This paper discusses the novel pumping and cooling system implemented for the 2022 launch of the Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS), including the use of a magnetic umbilical to connect the vacuum foreline to the rocket skin.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85197583169&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85197583169&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1142/S2251171724500065

DO - 10.1142/S2251171724500065

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85197583169

SN - 2251-1717

VL - 13

JO - Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation

JF - Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation

IS - 2

M1 - 2450006

ER -

A Rail-Mounted Pumping System Developed for Suborbital Rockets

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this