Economy of modular low-technology launch vehicles

H. O. Ruppe; R. H. Schmucker; W. Dittberner; D. Hayn; M. Braitinger

doi:10.1016/0094-5765(79)90010-9

Economy of modular low-technology launch vehicles

H. O. Ruppe
, R. H. Schmucker
, W. Dittberner
, D. Hayn
, M. Braitinger

Engineering and Design

Technical University of Munich

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The paper comprises an assessment of the design and the economics of so-called "low-cost" simple modular launch vehicles. It is shown that the performance is very marginal and that the cost per launch cannot compete with technically more advanced fully reusable vehicles. Especially a private-funded development cannot be amortized economically in case of an expendable launch vehicle.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1727-1743
Number of pages	17
Journal	Acta Astronautica
Volume	6
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0094-5765(79)90010-9
State	Published - Dec 1979

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