Application of disruptive technology RLV IS future of space exploration

1. Amity Business School
BY :- ABHISHEK SINGH
SHARDUL PATEL
EMERGING AND CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES:
IMPLICATIONS OF CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES

2. INTRODUCTION
• Currently, majority of the space launch cost comes
from – building the rocket – which takes satellite to its
orbit.
• 40% of the cost of launch is in the rocket, which flies
only once & gets destroyed – once it leaves the orbit.
• If we could reuse rockets just like airplanes – the
cost of access to space could reduce by as much as
a factor of a hundred.

3. What Is RLV ?
• A Reusable launch vehicle (RLV) refers to a
vehicle which can be used for several missions.
• The main advantage of an RLV is it can be used
multiple times cutting down mission costs and
making space travel more accessible.

5. Company System Country Type Status Notes
Blue Origin New Shepard US Suborbital Prototype
ISRO RLV-TD India Suborbital Project Successful flight test
The Spaceship
Company
SpaceShipTwo US Suborbital Prototype
SpaceX Falcon 9 US Orbital Operational
First stage and fairing
reusable.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy US Orbital Operational
Core and side boosters and
fairing reusable.
AS OF TODAY

6. MAJOR PLAYERS
• Space X – Elon Musk - Falcon 9
recently converted into partial RLV by
returning the first stage to reuse.
• Blue Origin – Jeff Bezoz - New
Shephard rocket - the first proven
vertical take-off to vertical landing rocket.
Falcon 9 landing

7. ISRO’s SUCCESFUL TEST
• It successfully completed its first
atmospheric test flight on 23 May
2016.
• It is a scaled down prototype of
an eventual two-stage-to-orbit
(TSTO) reusable launch vehicle.

8. RLV CONCEPTS

9. • Single stage to orbit – in this no expending of any
major parts is there to reach the orbit. Its an Ideal
reusable vehicle. Its never been constructed or
launched.
• Two Stage to Orbit – is a spacecraft in which two
distinct stages provide thrust consecutively in order to
achieve orbital velocity.
• Three Stage to Orbit – the most commonly used
rocket system to attain Earth orbit. It uses three
distinct stages of thrust to reach the velocity and its
orbit.

10. Single Stage to Orbit Two Stage to Orbit

11. Functioning - Expendable Vehicle

12. Functioning – Reusable vehicle

14. DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
• When it becomes full fledged, Private agencies will
use Reusable vehicles to make spaceflight routine
and affordable, and to give humans multi planet
exploration and recreation.
• These launch vehicles can lift up satellite to the
orbits, payloads to the International space station and
can take humans using cargo space craft.
• Since its low cost, it would be easier to set up more
satellites in the orbit leading to enhanced GPS
systems.

15. DISRUPTION TECHNOLOGY – FALCON 9
• F9 reduces the cost by 40 %.
• Can fly multiple times per day, and conduct tens of
thousands of flights over its lifetime.
• The reusable vehicle can be used within 24 hrs after
the stage 1 Falcon9 lands vertically.
• Falcon 9 is being said to be used in human MARS
mission in 2020.

16. Conclusion
• If one can figure out how to effectively reuse rockets
just like airplanes, the cost of access to space will be
reduced by as much as a factor of hundred.
• India is showing great signs of space exploration and
satellite launching but Space X is still way ahead in
terms of RLVs.
• RLVs are really the fundamental breakthrough
needed to revolutionize access to space.

17. Any Queries are welcome .
THANK YOU !