Janus concept comprises blunt, lifting body re-entry vehicle with its upper surface formed largely by deltawing aircraft; lifting body furnishes large volume in spacecraft for orbital operations, serves as re-entry heat shield, and provides aerodynamic maneuver capability; after re-entry heating and loading period, aircraft is separated from "pod" at subsonic speed and proceeds to landing site; abort capability is provided; preliminary sizing of spacecraft for 2-wk, low-altitude orbit mission with three-man crew, yields overall length of 27 ft, span of 16 ft, depth of 10 ft, and useful payload volume of 860 cu ft.
Janus -- Manned orbital spacecraft with staged re-entry
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 2 , n 4
1965
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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