Publication Date:
2018-12-16
Description:
The paper focuses on the usage of multiple atmospheric re-entries while coming back to the Earth in Lunar-return mission. In order to deal with the flight duration and thermal loads the pericentre altitude should be variable. After each passing through the atmosphere an apocentre becomes significantly lower, so it is possible to achieve required target orbit in several revolutions, starting with the higher initial pericentre altitude.
Print ISSN:
1757-8981
Electronic ISSN:
1757-899X
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics