A space transportation system intended to be mounted on a space launcher comprising a re-ignitable propulsion device and steerable flaps located at a second end and a monitoring unit, each flap comprising an actuating means configured to modify the orientation of said flap, said monitoring unit being configured to control the activation of the propulsion device and individually control the orientation of the flaps in order to implement the following steps:a launch step during which the propulsion device is off and the flaps are in a retracted position;a return step during which the monitoring unit deploys the flaps and individually controls the orientation of the flaps to slow down the system, the propulsion device being off;a landing step during which the monitoring unit controls the propulsion device and the actuating means to orient the flaps to slow down.
SYSTEME DE TRANSPORT SPATIAL REUTILISABLE
REUSABLE SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
WIEDERVERWENDBARES RAUMTRANSPORTSYSTEM
2023-10-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
French
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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