Current AF-NASA architecture level studies project future need for a heavy-lift, unmanned launch vehicle with low Earth orbit (LEO) payload delivery capability. To achieve this capability, vehicle concepts considered range from fully expendable to fully recoverable. Expendables entail high operations costs; recoverables, high development costs and, in the minds of many, high technical/cost risk. A concept that has been extensively studied is the partially reusable Shuttle-Derived Vehicle (SDV), seen as a potential candidate offering two to three times more cost-effectiveness than Titan or Shuttle ($/lb payload), and based on available hardware elements and current technology upgrades. The SDV is currently considered a viable candidate launch vehicle in ongoing systems studies.


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    Titel :

    Shuttle-Derived Vehicle as a Candidate Heavy-Lift, Unmanned Launch System


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    SAE Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition ; 1986



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.10.1986




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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