First Delta IV Liquid-Hydrogen Tank Completes Testing
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| First Delta IV Liquid-Hydrogen Tank Completes Testing
Photo © The Boeing Company |
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Workers at the Boeing facility in Decatur, Ala., use an overhead crane to
load a 70' by 16' hydrogen tank for a Delta IV common booster core (CBC)
onto a transport. Technicians successfully completed pressure testing on
this hydrogen tank on Aug 25th. Boeing will use the first CBC as a static
fire unit, which is scheduled for shipment to Stennis Space Flight Center
in Stennis, Mississippi, in early 2000. The hydrogen tank — along with
a previously completed liquid-oxygen tank — is part of the first Delta
IV CBC built by Boeing. The common booster cores are the major component
of each of the Delta IV family of launch vehicle variants. The CBCs, which
contain the propellant tanks and the Rocketdyne produced RS-68 main engine,
are comparable to the size of a Boeing 737 fuselage. |
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