Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jbis...47..357v&link_type=abstract
British Interplanetary Society Journal (ISSN 0007-094X), vol. 47, no. 9, p. 357-362
Physics
Launch Vehicles, Lunar Probes, Spacecraft Design, U.S.S.R. Space Program, Lunar Programs, Space Exploration, U.S.S.R.
Scientific paper
Despite the large amount of information that has now emerged on the Soviet manned Lunar effort, many unanswered questions remain about hardware and poorly defined historical related questions. Only about 45% of the full program story had been told and officially released as of the end of 1993. Much of the program still remains secret, but thanks to seven direct meetings with retired General Chief Designer Acad. V. P. Mishin many hardware questions have been answered. It has now become possible to define the L3 spacecraft hardware details precisely. Three of the drawings were, by request, signed by Acad. V. P. Mishin even though they were still undergoing revisions. He had specified changes which have been completed and registered copies for himself. Subsequent changes were made in the light of actual photographs of the hardware and discussions with the individual component designers for precise working understanding of the details. This proved critical in understanding the docking systems design configuration details. The results is a series of drawings on the Soviet manned Lunar program hardware reflecting many years of research, though only part of the total series of drawings that have been developed on the programmes physical layout. Detail diagrams for the following systems are presented. (1) The Soviet Manned Lunar Landing Spacecraft L-3 and Manned Circumnavigation Spacecraft Zond 7K-L1; (2) The N1 Soviet Manned Lunar Program booster systems layout for the L3 payload; (3) The N1-L3 competitors UR-700, UR-700M (UR 900) and R-56. The N1-L3 featured for comparison is the 1969 design variant. Also shown is Proton LK-1 that evolved to Proton Zoned SL-12; and (4) N1-L3 and the N1-L3M compared with the Saturn-V and the G-1-e design concept.
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