Impact of mission requirements and constraints on conceptual launch vehicle design

8th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 262-270

  Rahn, M ^a   Schottle U M ^b   Messerschmid, E ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; BOOSTERS (ROCKET); CRASHWORTHINESS; FLIGHT PATHS; LAUNCH VEHICLES; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION; FLIGHT PATH OPTIMIZATION; LAUNCH VEHICLE DESIGN; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; OPTIMAL VEHICLE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME; ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS; TWO STAGE TO ORBITS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84982318654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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