Aerodynamic braking may be used as one means of slowing down vehicle preparatory to placing it into preassigned orbit about planet thus minimizing retrorocket requirements; this raises following problem -- what are steepest and shallowest angles at which spaceship may enter given atmosphere with given velocity; computational procedure is developed to determine thrust-augmented aerodynamic entry corridors and corresponding lift-to-drag programs and resultant trajectories; procedure is applied to study of thrust-augmented entry corridors for Mars for various vehicle characteristics and conditions.


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    Title :

    Determination of extreme entry angles into planetary atmosphere


    Additional title:

    AIAA J


    Contributors:
    Warga, J. (author) / Hailey, W.C. (author)

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 2 , n 2


    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :





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