British Aerospace's space-going aircraft and economical launcher Hotol, so named for its horizontal take-off and landing ability, is described. The craft uses Rolls Royce's new Swallow engine, the principle behind which is still secret, which burns atmospheric oxygen until it leaves the atmosphere and then switches to liquid oxygen. This lightens the craft's fuel load tremendously, so that it can carry significant payloads and still take off and land like a normal airplane. A typical future mission for the craft is described.


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    Titel :

    An overview of the British Aerospace HOTOL transatmospheric vehicle


    Beteiligte:
    Mesnard, J. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.10.1986


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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