Analysis is made of launch vehicle size and staging requirements to conduct manned lunar landing and return mission; velocities required of rocket stages for each phase of mission are determined and total mission velocity established; mission profiles considered are direct launch, Earth orbit rendezvous, lunar orbit rendezvous, and lunar surface rendezvous; comparisons made of resulting vehicle sizes, numbers of vehicles required, use of propellants, and mission complexity.


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    Title :

    Launch vehicle performance


    Additional title:

    Progress Astronautics Aeronautics


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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