System studies were made to determine the required changes in shuttle orbiter mass for various changes in aerodynamic shape. These changes are designed to extend the current shuttle orbiter trimmed c.g. envelope to accommodate a greater range of payloads. One of the apparently most viable changes for the amount of c.g. extension obtained involves the removal of the present wing/body fillet and the replacement of this structural element with a forward located fixed canard.
Space Shuttle Orbiter Trimmed Center-of-Gravity Extension Study. Volume 6: System Design Studies
1978
36 pages
Report
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Englisch