Basic design requirements and development of Apollo launch escape system (LES); review of previous escape systems is presented to provide frame of reference for Apollo effort; LES requirements are divided into those associated with pad abort, abort in high dynamic pressure region, and abort at high altitudes where absence of aerodynamic stability causes escape vehicle tumbling; description of major launch escape system elements is given together with review of system operation; development of sophisticated digital computer programs, and extensive wind-tunnel program are also presented.
Development of Apollo launch escape system
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 5 , n 8
1968
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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