Study has been made of possibility of using atmospheric braking with single, multipurpose entry vehicle for missions to bodies in solar system; results indicate that for surface pressures as low as 1 mbar entry vehicle designed for Mars mission could be used for Mercury and Titan missions with appropriate changes in terminal descent system and, perhaps, in guidance system; both ballistic and lifting entry vehicles (L/D (Lift/Drag) equal or less than 0.45) were studied; lifting entry vehicles were constrained to fly constant L/D trajectories with fixed roll angle.
Multipurpose entry vehicle requirements for unmanned landings on bodies having tenuous atmospheres
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 5 , n 4
1968
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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