01 - Aircraft Design and Integrated Systems
THE USE OF REVERSE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS IN THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A LOW COST SATELLITE LAUNCH SYSTEM
L. Kiszkowiak¹, A. Olejnik¹, A. Dziubinski, Lukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Aviation, Poland; P. Zalewski¹; ¹Military University of Technology, Poland
The authors proposed the development of a unique low-orbit launch system based on a system consisting of a carrier aircraft and a space rocket orbiter. The main purpose of this work was to obtain, using RE and CFD methods, a reliable information on aerodynamic properties of a carrier aircraft and a space rocket orbiter assembly.