Technical and Operations Design of the SKYLON Upper Stage

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Author - M. Hempsell et al

Co-Author(s) - M. Hempsell, A. Bond

JBIS Volume # - 63

Page # - 136-144

Year - 2010

Keywords - SKYLON, Upper Stage, SUS, resonant orbits

JBIS Reference Code # - 2010.63.136

Number of Pages - 9

[edit] Abstract

The SKYLON spaceplane cannot reach beyond Low Earth Orbit and therefore payloads requiring higher orbits, such as geostationary transfer orbit, will require an upper stage. A concept design for a cryogenic upper stage called the SKYLON Upper Stage (SUS) is described together with its operations. It is shown that, through the use of resonant orbits, in many cases the stage can be recovered for reuse by the SKYLON that launched it.

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