STUDY FOR ATLAS CLUSTER SPACE VEHICLE CAPABILITIES

Abstract

The imminent space weapon system and space exploration programs necessitate the development of rocket-powered vehicles with capabilities greatly exceeding those of vehicles now available. Pending development of much larger vehicle structures and power plants, a wide variety of missions can be performed by clustering existing vehicles and assembling them into a larger multistage vehicle with 1 to 1.5 million pounds of thrust. This study was made to evaluate the various configurations which could be assembled using clustered Atlas missiles as the booster. For the configurations which appeared most promising, a performance analysis was completed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 05, 1959
Accession Number
AD0830221

Entities

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Clustering
  • Contractors
  • National Security
  • Space Exploration
  • Space Weapons
  • Spacecraft
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites