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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
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
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE