DECELERATION OF SPACE VEHICLES

Abstract

The electric charge on the nose of a rapidly flying body changes the intensity of the body's deceleration. The use of this effect in the development of a deceleration engine for space vehicles is discussed. In explaining the possibility of using the kinetic energy of a space body for deceleration, the reentry processes for both electrically conductive meteors and dielectric meteors are described.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 18, 1961
Accession Number
AD0255793

Entities

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Deceleration
  • Electric Charge
  • Energy
  • Intensity
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers