The Space Shuttle will soon reduce the cost of transportation to orbit. The resulting traffic growth will lead to economic pressure for a new vehicle. Several vehicles have been studied. A supersonically staged system with twin turbojet boosters may be attractive but the development of a large supersonic turbojet engine would be required. Subsonic staging with a reasonable number of turbojet engines does not provide the desired payload capability with existing engines. The addition of a duct burner to an existing large turbofan engine provides sufficient thrust to allow the design of an attractive system with twin boosters staged subsonically.


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    Title :

    Use of a duct-burning turbofan for an earth-to-orbit vehicle booster


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Princeton University and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Conference on Space Manufacturing Facilities, 4th, Princeton University ; 1979 ; Princeton, NJ


    Publication date :

    1979-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English