Problem to determine minimum longitudinal maneuver capabillty that must be provided in re-entry vehicle for it to stay within upper (graze) boundary; 30° blunt half-cone lifting body and winged, 13 ° half-sphere cone served as aerodynamic models for investigation; analysis indicates that highest effective pitch rates required to keep either vehicle from exceeding chosen upper altitude boundary are on order of 5°/sec; skip-out can easily occur from failure to control pitch rate accurately or to start pitch maneuver soon enough.
Longitudinal maneuvers in supercircular re-entry
Astronautics Aerospace Eng
Astronautics and Aerospace Engineering ; 1 , n 11
1963
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Supercircular entry and recovery with maneuverable manned vehicles
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