Compared to (conventional) aircraft entry vehicles have not only a completely different mission profile, but also significantly different characteristics. Vehicles like the Space Shuttle, for instance, have a geometrical design that is optimised for the hypersonic flight regime, whereas the cruise characteristics in the high subsonic regime determine the configuration of conventional aircraft to a large extent. The situation for entry vehicles deviates even further if the vehicle is not aircraft-like such as the Shuttle, but a capsule such as the Apollo Command Module. The aerodynamic characteristics cannot even be compared anymore and also the means of control is completely different: Apollo only had a reaction control system (RCS) to counteract disturbances and lacks the aerodynamic control surfaces of aircraft and winged re-entry vehicles.


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    Titel :

    Characteristic Motion of Entry Vehicles


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Springer Aerospace Techn.


    Beteiligte:
    Mooij, Erwin (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Re-entry Systems ; Kapitel : 6 ; 533-632


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    26.12.2024


    Format / Umfang :

    100 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





    Characteristic Motion of Re-entry Vehicles (AIAA 2013-4603)

    Mooij, E. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013


    Entry vehicles

    Becker, J.V. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1963