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Scientific paper
Jan 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002rasc.conf...39r&link_type=abstract
RASC-AL (Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage): 2002 Advanced Concept Design Presentation, p. 39-54
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Spacecraft Launching, Spacecraft Design, Magnetic Suspension, Aerospace Engineering, Spacecraft Modules, Trajectories, Launch Costs, Low Earth Orbits, Elliptical Orbits, Space Shuttles, Oxygen-Hydrocarbon Rocket Engines, Liquid Rocket Propellants, Geosynchronous Orbits, Solar Electric Propulsion
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A 4th generation launch architecture is studied for the purpose of drastically reducing launch costs and hence enabling new large mass missions such as space solar power and human exploration of other planets. The architecture consists of a magnetic levitation launch tube placed on the equator with the exit end elevated to approximately 20 km. Several modules exist for sending manned and unmanned payloads into Earth orbit. Analysis of the launch tube operations, launch trajectories, module aerodynamics, propulsion modules, and system costs are presented. Using the hybrid logistics module, it is possible to place payloads into low Earth orbit for just over 100 per lb.
B. St.Germain
Brown Nathanial
Crowley J.
Maatsch J.
Olds J. R.
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