Accession Number:

AD0601799

Title:

USE OF LIFT FOR DECELERATION AND RANGE CONTROL FOR RE-ENTRY OF SPACE VEHICLES.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BALLISTIC MISSILE AGENCY REDSTONE ARSENAL ALA

Personal Author(s):

• Schwaniger,Arthur J.

Report Date:

1960-05-11

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

This memorandum presents the results to date of a study of the problem of re-entry into the earths atmosphere, by a vehicle returning from a space flight mission. Various re-entry conditions are studied using aerodynamic lift for deceleration and range control. Particular attention is given to cases where re-entry velocity is equal to escape velocity. The report shows that for non-lifting trajectories with re-entry velocity of 11,000 ms approximately escape velocity only 0.4 degree variation in re-entry path angle is allowable if peak deceleration is to be held less than 10 gs. Range from re-entry to impact is shown to be variable up to 10,000 km for re-entry with escape velocity. Author

Descriptors:

• ATMOSPHERE ENTRY
• SPACECRAFT
• LIFT
• DECELERATION
• VELOCITY
• RANGE(DISTANCE)
• CONTROL
• ANGLE OF ATTACK
• DESCENT TRAJECTORIES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE