Entry trajectory and aeroheating environment definition for capsule-shaped vehicles

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-86

  Robinson, Jeffrey S ^a,c   Wurster, Kathryn E ^a,c   Mills, Janelle C ^b,d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIGYAN INC   (United States)

^c Vehicle Analysis Branch   (United States)

^d Mail Stop 451 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; BALLISTICS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; LAUNCHING; LUNAR MISSIONS; ORBITS; THERMAL ENGINEERING; VEHICLES;

3 DEGREES OF FREEDOM; AERO-HEATING ENVIRONMENTS; BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT; CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLES; THERMAL PROTECTION MATERIAL; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM; TRAJECTORY SIMULATION; VEHICLE DECELERATION;

FLIGHT PATHS;

EID: 60449119712     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.30998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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