Concept and preliminary flight testing of a fully reusable rocket vehicle

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-42

  Inatani, Yoshifumi ^a   Naruo, Yoshihiro ^a   Yonemoto, Koich ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LANDING; ROCKET ENGINES; SOUNDING ROCKETS;

FULLY REUSABLE ROCKET VEHICLE; VERTICAL LANDING;

REUSABLE ROCKETS;

EID: 0035082390     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3652     Document Type: Article

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