Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION
on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Volume 5 Index
Hearings of the Presidential
Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: February 26,
1986 to May 2, 1986.
MARCH 21, 1986 SESSION. (part 2 of
2)
[1338] [Ref. 3/21-49 1 of
2] Propulsion System Performance.
PROPULSION SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE
- MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE WAS
RECONSTRUCTED
- PROPELLANT LOADS AT RAIN ENGINE START
COMMAND
- THRUSTS AND FLOW RATE DURING
FLIGHT
- SRM PERFORMANCE WAS RECONSTRUCTED
- INTERNAL PRESSURES, FLOW RATES, AND
THRUST DURING FLIGHT
- SRM LEAK WAS MODELED
- HOLE SIZE CHOSEN TO MATCH PRESSURE DROP
IN RIGHT SRM
- THRUST OF LEAK ESTIMATED
- ALL DATA SUPPLIED TO JSC AND OTHER MSFC
TEAMS
S-3
[Ref. 3/21-49 2 of 2]
Right SRM Internal Pressure.
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