Of conceivable vehicle configurations for nonlifting entry into earth's atmosphere shapes considered are -- spheres, spherical segments, and sphere-cones; total weight of entry vehicle was divided into structure, heat protection system (ablative material and insulation), and payload; equations and computational methods for shapes consisting of spherical segments, and for sphere cone shapes for which computer program, entry vehicle synthesis was used; comparison of sphere cone and spherical segment configurations.
Non-lifting entry-vehicle design for superorbital velocities
Astronautics Aerospace Eng
Astronautics and Aerospace Engineering ; 1 , n 7
1963
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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