Hypersonic and electromagnetic railgun technology as a future alternative for the launch of suborbital payloads

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 530, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Behrens, Jörg ^a   Lehmann, Pascale ^b   Longo, José ^c   Božić, Ognjan ^c   Rapp, Markus ^d   Reis, Alain Conde ^e  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e ESTEC/IMT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; LAUNCHING; PROPELLANTS; SOUNDING ROCKETS;

SUBORBITAL PAYLOADS;

PROJECTILES;

EID: 0242305022     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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