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A shuttle development flight test vehicle study

Author
Klich, P. J.
Published
Jun 1, 1974.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Rainey, R. W. and Rehder, J. J.
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Summary
A study is presented that identifies the potential performance capability of the production shuttle orbiter for powered flight tests using several propulsion systems following vertical takeoff and using J-2 rocket engines following air launch. Of the approaches considered, the air-launched orbiter equipped with J-2 rocket engines appeared to have the highest potential for early shuttle development flights. With this approach, mach 4 appeared attainable using 45.5K kg (100K lb) of internal propellant. Several issues were identified that require resolution to prove feasibility.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19740021179.
Accession ID: 74N29292.
NASA-TM-X-71978.
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