SPACECRAFT UTILIZING THE LIFTING REENTRY TECHNIQUE. PART 1. REENTRY AND RECOVERY OF THE SOVIET MANNED SPACE VEHICLES: COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS

Abstract

Contents: Brief discussion and analyst's conclusions and conjectures; General data on the structure of Vostok-type spaceships; Descent of a spaceship from orbit to the sensible atmosphere; Descent of a spaceship through the sensible atmosphere; Protection of aerospace vehicles from overheating; Landing systems; Lunar flights.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 18, 1964
Accession Number
AD0622694

Entities

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Aerospace Craft
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundary Layer
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Control Systems
  • Descent Trajectories
  • Ejection Seats
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials Science
  • Orbits
  • Spacecraft
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris