Title:
【発明の名称】再使用型打ち上げプラットフォームおよび再使用型宇宙機
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH10505560
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A reusable single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft and a reusable launch assist platform provide a new system for space transportation. The platform has a frame with a cradle for supporting the spacecraft. Rocket engines attached to the launch assist platform propel the launch assist platform and the spacecraft substantially vertically through the atmosphere for release of the spacecraft. The launch assist platform returns to a predetermined landing site in a power-controlled, vertical descent. The spacecraft is in the shape of a cone having a large, rounded base with a primary load-bearing structure substantially perpendicular to the base. The spacecraft reenters the atmosphere in a base-first reentry, and is slowed and guided to a landing site by using a rocket engine in the base. The spacecraft lands base first on a resilient landing device.
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Inventors:
Kistler, Walter, Paul
Application Number:
JP50953596A
Publication Date:
June 02, 1998
Filing Date:
August 24, 1995
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Kistler Aerospace Corporation
International Classes:
B64G1/00; B64G1/14; B64G1/40; B64G1/62; B64G1/64; B64G5/00; (IPC1-7): B64G1/64; B64G1/00; B64G1/40; B64G1/62; B64G5/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshikazu Tani (1 person outside)