A mission to release a payload to low polar earth orbit by a conceptual Reusable Aero Space Vehicle (RASV) is considered for Monte Carlo atmospheric conditions. Atmospheres are applied to a baseline trajectory in which, after payload release, the spaceplane circumnavigates the globe and returns to its launch site by a boost glide maneuver (i.e. by skipping off the atmosphere) and the payload employs a small attached booster to put a satellite into a final orbit. Around-the-world RASV trajectories are found to be feasible under many atmospheric conditions; however, trajectory characteristics are found to vary substantially with atmospheric variations when a given set of fixed flight controls are used.


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    Titel :

    Atmospheric considerations for skipping spaceplane trajectories


    Beteiligte:
    Stapleton, David (Autor:in) / Galati, Terence (Autor:in) / McDougall, Francis (Autor:in) / El-Genk, Mohamed S. (Herausgeber:in) / Bragg, Mary J. (Herausgeber:in)

    Kongress:

    Space technology and applications international forum - 1998 ; 1998 ; Albuquerque,New Mexico (USA)


    Erschienen in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 420 , 1 ; 881-886


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    15.01.1998


    Format / Umfang :

    6 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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