Reusable orbital transfer vehicle spacelift concepts study results

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Jan 1997

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Space technology and applications international forum (STAIF - 97). AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 387, pp. 1177-1184 (1997

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This paper reports on the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of expendable and reusable orbital transfer vehicle concepts utilizing innovative low thrust, high specific impulse electric and thermal propulsion technologies. Comparisons are made to launch systems using current chemical upper stages. These innovative technologies often produce significant savings over chemical upper-stages when used with the current fleet of expendable launch vehicles, and evolved expendable launch vehicles. Savings are driven by the ability of the innovative technologies to lower combined payload and upper stage mass, allowing payloads to be launched on smaller, less expensive launch vehicles.

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