An orbital transfer vehicle OTV engine study program was undertaken to provide additional expander and staged combustion cycle data in the design definition of the OTV engine. The proposed program effort optimizes the expander cycle engine concept (consistent with identified OTV engine requirements), investigates the feasibility of kitting the staged combustion cycle engine to provide extended low thrust operation, and conducts in-depth analysis of development risk, crew safety, and reliability for both cycles. Additional tasks to establish the cost of a 10K thrust expander cycle engine and to render support of OTV systems study contractors are reported.


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    Title :

    Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) engine study. Phase A: Extension


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1979-11-12


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English