were made, only 42 spacecraft were operational by the end of the year. The 22 ton Salyut 7 space station module was launched, later developed a propellant leak, and was repaired by the year's end. Two radar mapping Venera spacecraft were placed in Venus orbit and two cosmic radiation-measuring spacecraft were inserted into deep earth orbit. Only one of the three early warning satellites was known to have been launched successfully^ The Proton booster, in use since 1968, is being offered as a commercial launch vehicle. Finally, various systems were under study, including a Shuttle-like vehicle and a Saturn V class heavy—lift launch vehicle. (M.S.K.) Source of Abstract (Subfile): AIAA/TIS Descriptors: *LAUNCH VEHICLES; *SOVIET SPACECRAFT; ♦SPACE EXPLORATION; *SPACE MISSIONS; *SPACECRAFT LAUNCHING; ♦U.S.S.R. SPACE PROGRAM; CHRONOLOGY ; LAUNCHING PADS; SALYUT SPACE STATION Subject Classification: 7512 Astronautics-Genera1 (1975-) Soviets ready new boosters at Tyuratam. Aviation Week and Space Technology (ISSN 0005-2175), vol. 121, Aug. 27, 1984, p. 18-21. 1... a n q u a g e: E n g 1 i s T ।. Country of Origin: United States. Country of Publication: United States Document Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Most documents available from AIAA Technical Library J o u r n a 1 A n n o u n c e m e n t: IA A8421 The capabilities and design characteristics of two new launch vehicles and Shuttle.type vehicles believed to be under preparation at the Soviet Tyuratam launch site are described. The boosters, photographed on launch pads, are Saturn 5 and IB class vehicles. Indications have been detected that a heavy Shuttle vehicle equipped to use strap- on boosters and slush H2 fuel is being readied for launch. A mini—Shuttle is also being tested, and has two flights behind it that culminated in water landings. NASA-Langley wind tunnel tests of the small spaceplane configuration suggested that it reenters the atmosphere in its own bow shock, thus exposing it to temperatures much lower than vehicles with wings which extend beyond the shock wave. The small spaceplane may have a sublimating plastic coating to shed reentry heat. The boosters have 30,000 and 330,000 lb p a y 1 o a d - t o.o r b i t c a p a b i 1 i t i e s. (M. S. K. ) 3ource of Abstr act (Subf i1e) : AIAA/TIS Descriptors: *BD0STER ROCKETS; *HEAVY LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLES; *S0VIET SPACECRAFT; *U.S.S.R. SPACE PROGRAM; LAUNCH VEHICLE CONFIGURATIONS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACECRAFT CONF IGURATIONS; SPACECRAFT REENTRY Subject C1assification : 7515 Launch Vehicles Space Vehicles (1975-) Ariane 5 - A new launcher for the 90's. MARX , P. ; WEYWADA , H. L. (Centre National d' Etudes Spatiales, Paris, France) AIAA, SAE, and ASME, Joint Propulsion Conference, 20th,
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