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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (S1): 722302-722302.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2018.22302

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Solutions for impact zone safety issue of conventional rockets

TIAN Jichao, SONG Qiang, HONG Gang, ZHANG Ran   

  1. Beijing Institute of Astronautical Systems Engineering, Beijing 100076, China
  • Received:2018-03-22 Revised:2018-05-28 Online:2018-12-30 Published:2018-05-28

Abstract: The conventional rocket is launched from the inland launch site, with the domestic impact zone. The rocket stage is possible to explode or decompose during the re-entry phase, causing significant safety issues in the impact zone. It is difficult for the conventional rocket to realize reuse in a short time. To solve the safety issue, propellant is released or burned up via engine re-ignition in the air, so as to decrease down-to-ground speed and to avoid explosion without major modifications of the rocket. In addition, grid fins are used to control the impact location of the rocket stage, reducing the impact zone range and thus improving safety.

Key words: conventional rockets, safety, impact zone, re-ignition, impact location control

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