Liquid Nitrogen Supply System
Glavkosmos
The Liquid Nitrogen Supply System is designed for intaking, storing, and delivering liquid nitrogen to launch vehicle tanks.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Design life
- 2 years
- Lead time
- 48 months
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As published by the supplier
- Purpose
- System is intended for Liquid Nitrogen intaking, storing and delivery into LV tanks.
- Year of release
- Development start 2002
- Design life
- 2 years
- Lead time
- 48/12 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- No
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- No
- Storage capacity
- 85 t
- Product temperature
- -196°C
- Mass of product received by lv
- 1,642 t
About
The Liquid Nitrogen Supply System is a comprehensive solution for handling liquid nitrogen for launch vehicle operations. Its primary purpose is the intaking, storing, and delivery of liquid nitrogen into launch vehicle (LV) tanks. The system, which began development in 2002, includes various components such as tanks, pipelines, valves, and control mechanisms, all distributed across different facilities within a Launch Complex. It boasts a significant storage capacity of 85 tons and is designed to handle liquid nitrogen at a product temperature of -196°C. The system is capable of delivering up to 1,642 tons of product to a launch vehicle. While it has a guaranteed service life of 2 years, it is not flight qualified and cannot be adapted to customer requirements. The estimated production time is 48 months, with a delivery time of 12 months.
Documentation
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