The feasibility of separating a two-stage winged, parallel configured launch vehicle at Mach 3 has been determined. The two-stage fully-reusable launch vehicle is comprised of an orbiter, which can be used alone as a single-stage-to-orbit vehicle, and a booster which is identical to the baseline orbiter design. A three-degree-of-freedom analysis was conducted on the ascent trajectory of the two-stage concept to determine the optimum staging conditions. The booster provides all propellant for both stages using a crossfeed system until staging occurs. After staging, the empty booster glides back to the launch site for a horizontal landing. To analyze the separation maneuver, the six-degree-of-freedom equations of motion for both stages were numerically integrated using a computer program which incorporates analytically derived interference aerodynamic data. The necessary conditions for a successful separation were determined and required the use of active controls on both the orbiter and booster. Once the booster and orbiter were separated, a three-degree-of-freedom analysis was conducted on the booster's glideback trajectory.


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    Titel :

    Analysis of separation of a two-stage winged launch vehicle


    Beteiligte:
    Naftel, J. C. (Autor:in) / Wilhite, A. W. (Autor:in) / Cruz, C. I. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1986-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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