Extensively axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric Single Stage To Orbit (SSTO) vehicles are considered. The information is presented in viewgraph form and the following topics are presented: payload comparisons; payload as a percent of dry weight - a system hardware cost indicator; life cycle cost estimations; operations and support costs estimation; selected engine type; and rocket engine specific impulse calculation.
Review of Findings of a Study of Rocket Based Combined Cycle Engines Applied to Extensively Axisymmetric Single Stage to Orbit Vehicles
1992
61 pages
Report
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English
Rocket Engines & Motors , Manned Spacecraft , Engine airframe integration , Rocket engines , Single stage to orbit vehicles , Supersonic combustion ramjet engines , Turboramjet engines , Engine design , Specific impulse , Hypersonic flight , Launch vehicles , Life cycle costs , Payloads , Spacecraft design
Optimization of dual-expander rocket engines in single-stage-to-orbit vehicles
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996
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