The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) plans an Orbital Re-entry Experiment (OREX) in the winter of 1993 as part of a study of the H-2 Orbiting Plane (HOPE). There are some critical technical subjects in developing HOPE. Especially, relating to atmospheric re-entry, critical items are estimating aerodynamic and aerodynamic heating characteristics of the vehicle in the hypersonic region, and developing heat-resistance materials and thermal protection systems. In order to acquire basic data about these items, OREX is planned. In this experiment, an experimental vehicle will be launched and inserted into orbit by the first flight of the H-2 Launch Vehicle, and re-enter into the atmosphere afterward. During atmospheric re-entry, data about aerodynamic heating, etc., will be acquired.


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    Title :

    Design of Orbital Re-Entry Experiment Vehicle and Outline of the Experiment


    Contributors:
    T. Akimoto (author) / T. Kobayashi (author) / M. Inaba (author) / T. Izumi (author) / I. Kawano (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    41 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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