THE PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY OF THE BLACK KNIGHT ROCKET IN VARIOUS ROLES

Abstract

Performance studies made over a number of years for Black Knight are collected together in one document. Most of these calculation are concerned with the vehicle used as a re-entry test vehicle or as a sounding rocket. The note summarises the results and serves to illustrate the improvements in performance which have been made; results are presented in a way which enables the effects on performance of changes in the basic vehicle characteristics to be readily predicted. Also included are the results of specific studies made to determine the feasibility of using Black Knight as a ballistic missile, as the first stage of a satellite launcher or as a launcher for a hypersonic glider.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0352495

Entities

People

  • A. P. Waterfall
  • L. W. Parkin

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Ballistic Trajectories
  • Combustion
  • Computer Programs
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Paths
  • Ignition
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Payload
  • Sea Level
  • Standards
  • Test Vehicles
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Space