Atmospheric considerations for skipping spaceplane trajectories

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Jan 1998

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Space technology and applications international forum - 1998. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 420, pp. 881-886 (1998).

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A mission to release a payload to low polar earth orbit by a conceptual Reusable Aero Space Vehicle (RASV) is considered for Monte Carlo atmospheric conditions. Atmospheres are applied to a baseline trajectory in which, after payload release, the spaceplane circumnavigates the globe and returns to its launch site by a boost glide maneuver (i.e. by skipping off the atmosphere) and the payload employs a small attached booster to put a satellite into a final orbit. Around-the-world RASV trajectories are found to be feasible under many atmospheric conditions; however, trajectory characteristics are found to vary substantially with atmospheric variations when a given set of fixed flight controls are used.

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