Low-cost launch of payloads to low Earth orbit

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 696-698

  Burton, Rodney L ^a,b,c   Brown, Kevin ^a,b,c   Jacobi, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRCRAFT; COSTS; ELECTRIC EXCITERS; PLANETS; POWER CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SPACECRAFT;

EARTH-LAUNCH BOOSTERS; LOW EARTH ORBIT; PAYLOADS; PEAK SYSTEM POWER; SPACE EXPLORATIONS;

LAUNCHING;

EID: 33745752813     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.16244     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Burton, R., Brown, K., Jacobi, A., and Michna, G., "The Case for Horizontal Launch of Large Exploration Payloads," AIAA Paper 2005-2717, Jan. 2005.
2. Sarigul-Klijn, N., Sarigul-Klijn, M., and Noel, C., "Air-Launching Earth to Orbit: Effects of Launch Conditions and Vehicle Aerodynamics," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2005, pp. 569-575.
3. Michna, G. J., Brown, K. A., Mina, E., Jacobi, A. M., and Burton, R. L., "Compact Heat Exchangers for Air Liquefaction in Propulsion Applications," AIAA Paper 2005-3914, July 2005.
4. Brown, K. A., Zhong, Y., Michna, G. J., Jacobi, A. M., and Burton, R. L., "Enhancing Heavy Lift Booster Performance by Exploiting Zeotropic Condensation of Air," AIAA Paper 2004-3486, July 2004.
5. Crocker, A. M., Wuerl, A. M., Andrews, J. E., and Andrews, D. G., "ACES: Propulsion Technology for Next Generation Space Transportation, " Paper IAC-03-S.5.03, 2003.