Compared to (conventional) aircraft entry vehicles have not only a completely different mission profile, but also significantly different characteristics. Vehicles like the Space Shuttle, for instance, have a geometrical design that is optimised for the hypersonic flight regime, whereas the cruise characteristics in the high subsonic regime determine the configuration of conventional aircraft to a large extent. The situation for entry vehicles deviates even further if the vehicle is not aircraft-like such as the Shuttle, but a capsule such as the Apollo Command Module. The aerodynamic characteristics cannot even be compared anymore and also the means of control is completely different: Apollo only had a reaction control system (RCS) to counteract disturbances and lacks the aerodynamic control surfaces of aircraft and winged re-entry vehicles.


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    Title :

    Characteristic Motion of Entry Vehicles


    Additional title:

    Springer Aerospace Techn.


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Re-entry Systems ; Chapter : 6 ; 533-632


    Publication date :

    2024-12-26


    Size :

    100 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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