SPACECRAFT UTILIZING LIFTING REENTRY TECHNIQUE. PT. 1. REENTRY AND RECOVERY OF SOVIET MANNED SPACE VEHICLES

Abstract

This comprehensive report is based on Soviet and Soviet-bloc open literature published in connection with the launchings of Soviet space vehicles. The analyst's conjectures on possible design principles utilized in the Vostok reentry systems are also contained in the report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 29, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608504

Entities

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundary Layer
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemistry
  • Ejection Seats
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Magnesium Compounds
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Spacecraft
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris