OVERVIEW Kistler Aerospace was a private company whose mission was to develop a completely new reusable launch vehicle designed to dramatically reduce the cost of launching low-Earth- orbit communications satellites. Kistler was responsible for system integration, with several subcontractors supplying the various components of the vehicle. ATA was responsible for all system-level loads and thermal analysis of the K-1 vehicle for all phases of flight. TASKS PERFORMED & KEY OUTCOMES h Developed finite element model of the vehicle for multiple phases of flight. h Developed forcing functions to represent all critical flight events. h Created methodology to calculate buffeting loads and response based on generic wind- tunnel data. h Performed structural-dynamic simulation of all criti

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