Vehicle includes airbrake for deceleration into lower orbit. Report describes vehicle for carrying payloads between low and high orbits around Earth. Vehicle uses thin, upper atmosphere for braking when returning to low orbit. Since less propellant needed than required for full retrorocket braking, vehicle carries larger payload and therefore reduces cost of space transportation.
Orbital-Transfer Vehicle With Aerodynamic Braking
NASA Tech Briefs ; 10 , 3
1986-05-01
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