Title:
SPACECRAFT AFTERBODY DEVICE, SPACECRAFT, AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015051766
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spacecraft afterbody device particularly designed to reduce the aerodynamic drag of a spacecraft during an atmospheric flight phase.SOLUTION: A spacecraft afterbody device provided with at least one rocket motor 2 at the rear of the craft comprises at least one of manoeuvrable cowl elements 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, suitable for taking a first position, for masking and for reducing the rear drag of the craft, where it prolongs the fuselage of the craft around at least a part of a nozzle 4 of the rocket motor of the craft and extends beyond the rear of the fuselage of the craft, and for taking a fully deployed second position for increasing the aerodynamic drag of the craft.
Inventors:
MARCO PRAMPOLINI
Application Number:
JP2014221313A
Publication Date:
March 19, 2015
Filing Date:
October 30, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ASTRIUM SAS
International Classes:
B64C15/02; B64C9/32; B64D29/06; B64G1/14; B64G1/26; B64G1/40
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH04246267A | 1992-09-02 | |||
| JP5677092B2 | 2015-02-25 |
Foreign References:
| US3432125A | 1969-03-11 | |||
| US20020079404A1 | 2002-06-27 | |||
| DE1288447B | 1969-01-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hill 有