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Assessment of candidate-expendable launch vehicles for large payloads
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Description | In recent years the U.S. Air Force and NASA conducted design studies of 3 expendable launch vehicle configurations that could serve as a backup to the space shuttle--the Titan 34D7/Centaur, the Atlas II/Centaur, and the shuttle-derived SRB-X--as well as studies of advanced shuttle-derived launch vehicles with much larger payload capabilities than the shuttle. The 3 candidate complementary launch vehicles are judged to be roughly equivalent in cost, development time, reliability, and payload-to-orbit performance. Advanced shuttle-derived vehicles are considered viable candidates to meet future heavy lift launch requirements; however, they do not appear likely to result in significant reduction in cost-per-pound to orbit. |
| File Size | 3786730 |
| Page Count | 54 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19850015556 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t89h0gx1b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1984-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Launch Vehicles And Space Vehicles Evaluation Titan Centaur Launch Vehicle Cost Reduction Shuttle Derived Vehicles Design Analysis Atlas Centaur Launch Vehicle Payloads Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
