Methods for a reusable space vehicle to land at substantially the same location as its launching site. The vehicle traveling in a particular orbit, which is a repeating ground track orbit, allows for launching and landing at the same location once per day. The repeating ground track orbits that allow for launching and landing at the same location once per day overfly the launch and landing site once per day. Launching and landing at the same site provides a number of direct advantages. For example, the just-landed vehicle may be transported a relatively short distance to the launch site, reconditioned relatively quickly, and be ready for a quick turn-around launch.
REPEATING GROUND TRACK ORBITS FOR A REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE
2024-09-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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