Flame Trench and Deflector System at Launch Complex 39B RS&H was honored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 2020 with a Silver Achievement Medal for the combined teams’ success in modifying and constructing the flame trench and deflector system at Launch Complex 39B (LC39B). This joint effort between [...]
Description Aerospace Space Launch Facilities Design-Build Contractors Contractors-Buildings Location Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL Client Hensel Phelps Owner Lockheed Martin Atlas V Space Launch Complex 41 The Atlas V is one of the US Government’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELV). It carries the nation's [...]
Atlas V ECS Test Tools RS&H designed at total of seven test tools, along with ancillary mounting accessories and fittings, to simulate the backpressure of the Atlas V Mobile Launch vehicle for each Environmental Conditioning System (ECS) circuit up to the vehicle. The tools also accurately measure the flow in each circuit so that [...]
Description Aerospace Space Launch Facilities Location Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA Client/Owner Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Space Launch Complex 3E RS&H provided design and construction services to modify Space Launch Complex 3E for Atlas V launch operations for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle [...]
Description Aerospace Space Launch Facilities Location Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Client Commercial General Site Development and Trade Studies SLC 36 RS&H completed General Site Development at Space Launch Complex 36, located at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The package consisted of civil redevelopment [...]
NASA Mobile Launch Structures Since the beginning of our nation’s space program, RS&H has been a key designer for the structures used to launch rockets. Beginning with the Apollo Program, RS&H designed three Mobile Launchers for the Saturn V rockets in the 1960s and subsequently developed modifications to transition them into Mobile [...]
NASA Launch Control Center Firing Rooms Renovation RS&H studied and designed renovations to the Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center Firing Rooms, where launch operations are supervised and controlled. RS&H first conducted a study to identify alternatives for replacing the rooms’ 40-year old windows and sun louvers. Goals included minimizing glare and [...]
NASA KSC Space Launch Complex 39 Every Space Shuttle launched at Kennedy Space Center has been from RS&H designed service structures and support equipment. RS&H developed design criteria and designed modifications for the Launch Pad. These designs enabled the flights of the Space Shuttle, which took the Hubble Space Telescope and numerous [...]
Delta II Space Launch Complex 2 RS&H designed modifications to Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg AFB for Delta II launch operations. The Delta II carries a variety of payloads for numerous DoD agencies including the U.S. Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Missile Defense Agency, as well as NASA, [...]