LANDING SITE COVERAGE FOR ORBITAL LIFTING REENTRY VEHICLES

Abstract

The problem of landing site coverage of orbiting vehicles with maneuvering capability is analyzed in this report. The first part deals with the determination of the latitude coverage of a landing site per orbital period for the re-entry vehicle with a given maneuver capability defined by a rectangulaaped landing footprint. The second part relates the required latitude coverage to guarantee that within a specific waiting time in orbit the vehicle would attain a position from which it could be deboosted from orbit and subsequently land at a preselected location. Extensive numerical results are ob tained and presented in convenient graphical form.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0405109

Entities

People

  • R. G. Stern
  • S. T. Chu

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Angular Motion
  • Circular Orbits
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Latitude
  • Leading Edges
  • Longitude
  • Maneuverability
  • Orbital Inclination
  • Orbits
  • Polar Orbits
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Trailing Edges
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Satellites