Review of Our National Heritage of Launch Vehicles Using Aerodynamic Surfaces andCurrent Use of These by Other Nations

摘要

Due to the aft center-of-gravity (cg) locations on launch vehicles currentlybeing studied, the need has arisen for the vehicle control augmentation that can be provided by these flight controls. As a starting point for the novel design of aerodynamic flight control augmentors for a Saturn class, aft cg launch vehicle, this report undertakes a review of our national heritage of launch vehicles using aerodynamic surfaces, along with a survey of current use of aerodynamic surfaces on large launch vehicles of other nations.