The paper describes some of the most recent activities in Germany in the technical assessment of future European launcher architecture. In focus is a joint effort of DLR-SART with German launcher industry in the definition of a next generation upper-medium class expendable TSTO with an initial operational capability after 2020. Involved companies are EADS astrium and MT Aerospace. This DLR-agency funded study WOTAN investigates fully cryogenic launchers as well as those with a combination of solid and cryogenic stages, fulfilling a requirement of 5000 kg single payload into GTO. Solid strap-on boosters should allow both versions further payload growth capability. In its second part the paper analyzes options for new liquid fuel upper ...
The Aeronautics and Air Transport section of the EU’s FP7 research program includes a topic “Pioneer...
DLR-SART has performed, during the summer 2014, a critical analysis of several launcher configuratio...
The paper describes the vision of an ultrafast intercontinental passenger transport based on a rocke...
The paper describes two different preliminary system designs for stages employing advanced technolog...
The technical investigations described in this paper evaluate the two seemingly antipodal design app...
Two launch vehicle concepts based on technologies available today or in a short term future in Weste...
A think tank of DLR space-research institutes and ArianeGroup reflected on the launcher perspectives...
One option for future space transportation concepts could be a family of launchers supporting a wide...
This thesis work on the development of concepts for future European launchers’ cryogenic upper stag...
For a long time space engineers have been interested in the possibility of enabling single-stage-to-...
This paper addresses technical options to increase synergies between European launchers of different...
The realization of reusability for launch vehicles is expected to lower launch costs, subsequently e...
RLV configurations with partial reusability of 1st or booster stages are in focus of ongoing system ...
Reusability of launch systems will strongly impact the launch service market if certain characterist...
In this paper we analyse a potential, future European launcher for micro payloads (200kg in LEO). Th...
The Aeronautics and Air Transport section of the EU’s FP7 research program includes a topic “Pioneer...
DLR-SART has performed, during the summer 2014, a critical analysis of several launcher configuratio...
The paper describes the vision of an ultrafast intercontinental passenger transport based on a rocke...
The paper describes two different preliminary system designs for stages employing advanced technolog...
The technical investigations described in this paper evaluate the two seemingly antipodal design app...
Two launch vehicle concepts based on technologies available today or in a short term future in Weste...
A think tank of DLR space-research institutes and ArianeGroup reflected on the launcher perspectives...
One option for future space transportation concepts could be a family of launchers supporting a wide...
This thesis work on the development of concepts for future European launchers’ cryogenic upper stag...
For a long time space engineers have been interested in the possibility of enabling single-stage-to-...
This paper addresses technical options to increase synergies between European launchers of different...
The realization of reusability for launch vehicles is expected to lower launch costs, subsequently e...
RLV configurations with partial reusability of 1st or booster stages are in focus of ongoing system ...
Reusability of launch systems will strongly impact the launch service market if certain characterist...
In this paper we analyse a potential, future European launcher for micro payloads (200kg in LEO). Th...
The Aeronautics and Air Transport section of the EU’s FP7 research program includes a topic “Pioneer...
DLR-SART has performed, during the summer 2014, a critical analysis of several launcher configuratio...
The paper describes the vision of an ultrafast intercontinental passenger transport based on a rocke...