Low Energy Stage Study. Volume 2: Requirements and Candidate Propulsion Modes
Low Energy Stage Study. Volume 2: Requirements and Candidate Propulsion Modes
A payload mission model covering 129 launches, was examined and compared against the space transportation system shuttle standard orbit inclinations and a shuttle launch site implementation schedule. Based on this examination and comparison, a set of six reference missions were defined in terms of spacecraft weight and velocity requirements to deliver the payload from a 296 km circular Shuttle standard orbit to the spacecraft's planned orbit. Payload characteristics and requirements representative of the model payloads included in the regime bounded by each of the six reference missions were determined. A set of launch cost envelopes were developed and defined based on the characteristics of existing/planned Shuttle upper stages and expendable launch systems in terms of launch cost and velocity delivered. These six reference missions were used to define the requirements for the candidate propulsion modes which were developed and screened to determine the propulsion approaches for conceptual design.
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Low Energy Stage Study. Volume 2: Requirements and Candidate Propulsion Modes
1978
144 pages
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English
Manned Spacecraft , Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Low thrust propulsion , Mission planning , Orbital launching , Propulsion system configurations , Space shuttle payloads , Spacecraft propulsion , Cost effectiveness , Liquid rocket propellants , Payload mass ratio , Solid rocket propellants , Space transportation system , Space tugs