A method of determining orbiter and carrier total aerodynamic coefficients from load cell measurements is required to support the inert and the captive active flights of the ALT program. A set of equations expressing the orbiter and carrier total aerodynamic coefficients in terms of the load cell measurements, the sensed dynamics of the Boeing 747 (carrier) aircraft, and the relative geometry of the orbiter/carrier is derived. (Author)
Determination of Orbiter and Carrier Aerodynamic Coefficients from Load Cell Measurements
1976
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Rarefled-Flow Transition Regime Orbiter Aerodynamic Acceleration Flight Measurements
Online Contents | 1997
|Space Shuttle orbiter aerodynamic development
AIAA | 1974
|Space Shuttle Orbiter Aerodynamic Development
AIAA | 1978
|