Hypersonic gas-rocket launcher of high capacity

JBIS - Journal British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 162-172

  Bolonkin, Alexander ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas rocket; Hypersonic launcher; Space launcher

Indexed keywords

GAS ROCKETS; GUN POWDER; HYPERSONIC LAUNCHER; SPACE LAUNCHERS;

BALLISTICS; COMPRESSED AIR; FUEL INJECTION; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYPERSONIC FLOW; PROJECTILES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; TRAJECTORIES;

ROCKETS;

EID: 2642563685     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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