An air-breathing launch vehicle concept for single-stage-to-orbit

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1-12

  Trefny, Charles J ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAUNCH VEHICLES; PROPULSION; VEHICLES;

AIR BREATHING PROPULSIONS; GROSS LIFT-OFF WEIGHTS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE RESULTS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SINGLE STAGE TO ORBITS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 84963877998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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