Transcription of Space Shuttle Main Engine Orientation
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Space Transportation SystemTraining DataSpace ShuttleMain EngineOrientationJune 1998 Use this data for training purposes onlyBC98-04 RocketdynePropulsion & PowerBOEING PROPRIETARYBOEING PROPRIETARYBOEING manual is the supporting handout material to a lecture presentation on the Space ShuttleMain Engine called the Abbreviated SSME Orientation Course. This course is a technicallyoriented discussion of the SSME, designed for personnel at any level who support SSME activitiesdirectly or indirectly. This manual is updated and improved as necessary by Betty request copies, or obtain information on classes, call Lori Circle at Rocketdyne (818) 586-2213iBOEING PROPRIETARYBOEING PROPRIETARYBOEING OF CONTENTA cronyms and Propulsion Flow Gas Combustion Oxidizer Fuel Pump Turbine Shaft Pump Turbine Accumulator Pressurizing Suppression System Injector/Combustion Spark System
452 pounds of thrust is generated for each pound of propellant burned per second). In order to start, the SSME needs only propellant head for initial propellant flow and spark igniters to initiate combustion. It has an electronic controller to perform all checkout, start, run, monitoring, and shutdown functions.
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