Mission Analysis of a Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD)

A Collection of Technical Papers - 13th AIAA/CIRA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 829-838

  Brinda, V ^a,b   Arora, R K ^a,b   Janardhana, E ^a,c  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b RLV TD Project   (India)

^c RLV TD Project

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REENTRY VEHICLES; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES (RLV); SUBSONIC SPEED; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; REENTRY; RELIABILITY; REUSABILITY; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

LAUNCHING;

EID: 29044435756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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