[AR] Re: [UK OFFICIAL] Re: Falcon 9 landing 050316
- From: Aplin Alexander T <ATAPLIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:40:06 +0000
Classification: UK OFFICIAL
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The Falcon 9 is completely constrained by diameter. The diameter
constraint is the reason it's so long and why they're bothering with densitied
propellants.
IIRC the diameter is set to match maximum road-transportable size (this is
probably a constraint on length too).
Any bigger and it may be preferable to have final assembly at the launch site
(e.g. N1) or use barges/ships (Ariane 5, Saturn, STS etc). I don’t recall how
EELV stages get to launch site.
Alex Aplin
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