Performance assessment of a Space Station rescue and personnel/logistics vehicle

Autor:	Richard W. Powell, Theodore A. Talay, J. Chris Naftel
Rok vydání:	1990
Předmět:	Engineering business.industry Crew Aerospace Engineering Space Shuttle Reaction control system law.invention Launch escape system Orbiter Aeronautics Space and Planetary Science law Space Shuttle thermal protection system Space logistics Runway Aerospace engineering business
Zdroj:	Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 27:76-81
ISSN:	1533-6794 0022-4650
DOI:	10.2514/3.26109
Popis:	A study has been conducted to assess the ascent, abort, and entry capability of a vehicle that can be configured for rescue of a space station crew or ferry of personnel and supplies to and from a space station. The space station rescue vehicles (SSRV), each of which have a capacity of eight crewmen, would be delivered to the space station in the payload bay of a Space Shuttle Orbiter and remain parked until needed. The design of the SSRV allows it to be reconfigured as a space station personnel/logistics vehicle (SSPLV) with a capacity of four crewmen and 1000 Ib of supplies when delivered to orbit on a Titan III launch vehicle. The nominal ascent trajectory for the SSPLV/Titan HI as well as an analysis of the various ascent abort modes from launch to orbital injection are presented in this paper. Entry trajectories were simulated to various landing sites each with runways longer than 10,000 ft. This study demonstrated that five landing sites would provide a landing opportunity from every orbit of a space station in a 220-n.mi. circular orbit inclined 28.5 deg. The frequency of daylight landing opportunities was also determined.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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