Design Study of an Integrated Aerobraking Orbital Transfer Vehicle1985 - 40 pages |
Common terms and phrases
aero Aeroassisted aerobrake mass aerobrake structure AEROBRAKE WEIGHT PENALTY aerobraked stage Aerobraking Orbital Transfer aeroheating Aeromaneuvering AIAA Paper angle of attack AOTV aerobraking AOTV atmospheric flight AOTV concept AOTV heat shield ballute circular configuration delivery capability descent drag coefficient ellipsoidally blunted elliptical cone ft/s full propellant gimbaled heat shield structure history during AOTV HYDROGEN TANK improvement Integrated AOTV isogrid lb/ft² Low Earth orbit m/sec mass fraction mass ratio Newtonian aerodynamic Orbital Transfer Vehicle payload mass payload to GEO performance Peter Taylor propellant capacity propellant mass propellant tanks propulsive stage protection system TPS rake angle rake plane raked-off cone reuseable second stage Shuttle payload bay Space Center Houston space-based specific impulse stage dry mass stage mass stagnation point structure and bulkheads subsystems surface area tank mass temperature thermal protection system thrust structure trajectory useable propellant velocity view of half-model W/cm² WGEO WGEOAP WLEO/WGEO