Clustered Lance Booster (CLB) Feasibility Study

Abstract

Loral Vought(LV) was requested to investigate the feasibility of clustering four lance propulsion systems as the first stage of a two-stage target vehicle. Two vehicle configurations were considered, both using the Clustered Lance Booster (CLB) as the first stage. On one configuration, the second stage will be the 40-inch diameter Liquid Fueled Target (LFT-40), which was the subject of an LTV Aerospace and Defense Company study in 1991. This configuration is designated as the CLB/LFT-40. The second stage of the other configuration will be a modified Lance having the same external shape as the Lance missile (22-inch diameter). This configuration is designated as the CLB/ LFT-22.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 27, 1993
Accession Number
ADA262746

Entities

Organizations

  • Vought

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Artillery
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Detection
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Load Distribution
  • Mach Number
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Static Tests
  • Systems Engineering
  • Wind Tunnel Models
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster