Abstract
The safety potential of space transportation system employing a winged carrier stage with air breathing engines and a winged orbital stage with rockets is considered in regard to mission abort scenarios, with the possibilities of a flight to the launch site or to an emergency landing site. Optimization techniques are applied for dealing with this issue, yielding a branched trajectory problem. Results are presented on a safety improved trajectory covering all addressed mission abort scenarios. This trajectory type yields an enhancement in safety when compared with an approach solely directed at maximizing payload and not considering the safety issue.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1965-1973 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Event | 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law - Bremen, Germany Duration: 29 Sep 2003 → 3 Oct 2003 |
Conference
| Conference | 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law |
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| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Bremen |
| Period | 29/09/03 → 3/10/03 |