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Overview of the beta ii two-stage-to-orbit vehicle design
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Plencner, Robert M. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | A study of a near-term, low risk two-stage-to-orbit (TSTO) vehicle was undertaken. The goal of the study was to assess a fully reusable TSTO vehicle with horizontal takeoff and landing capability that could deliver 10,000 pounds to a 120 nm polar orbit. The configuration analysis was based on the Beta vehicle design. A cooperative study was performed to redesign and refine the Beta concept to meet the mission requirements. The vehicle resulting from this study was named Beta II. It has an all-airbreathing first stage and a staging Mach number of 6.5. The second stage is a conventional wing-body configuration with a single SSME. |
| File Size | 709800 |
| Page Count | 14 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920001816 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t45q9tv1q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Launch Vehicles And Space Vehicles Aerospace Planes Body-wing Configurations Polar Orbits Aircraft Design General Overviews Design Analysis Reusable Launch Vehicles Space Shuttle Main Engine Air Breathing Engines Mission Planning Launch Vehicle Configurations Multistage Rocket Vehicles Multiengine Vehicles Hypersonic Aircraft Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
