BIOSATELLITE RECOVERY FROM CIRCULAR ORBITS

Abstract

This report is a primer for the non-ballistician who is concerned with the design or selection of biospace experiments, to provide him with some feeling for the ballistics of biosatellite recovery. It presents in non-specialized terms some results of a recent parametric study of a wide variety of likely descent trajectories from near-earth orbits. Although these results were computed by approximate methods, they are believed to be sufficiently accurate for most planning purposes. No attempt is made to describe the computational methods or the underlying physics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0295851

Entities

People

  • C. J. Swet

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Circular Orbits
  • Deceleration
  • Descent Trajectories
  • Eccentric Orbits
  • Government Procurement
  • Orbits
  • Payload
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Recovery
  • Retro Rockets
  • Rockets
  • Trajectories
  • Universities
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris