Winged fully reusable rocket carriers are considered. Flying performances and flight costs were studied for a two stage vehicle with a liftoff mass of 1000 tons. It is found that such vehicles are feasible, but that ballistic first stages are more economical than winged fly back first stages. Winged stages are easier to operate than ballistic ones. Flight costs for reusable carriers are lower with frequent use (100 times or more) and large annual transport volumes (350 ton or more) to low Earth orbits.


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    Title :

    Gefluegelte Erststufen von Raumtransportgeraeten (Winged First Stages of Space Transport Appliances)


    Contributors:
    H. O. Ruppe (author)

    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    70 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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