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Description:
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This report presents an engineering analysis of the possibilities of designing a man-made satellite. The questions of power plants, structural weights, multiple stages, optimum design values, trajectories, stability, and landing are considered in detail. The results are used to furnish designs for two proposed vehicles. The first is a four stage rocket using alcohol and liquid oxygen as propellants. The second is a two stage rocket using liquid oxygen as propellants. The latter rocket offers better specific consumption rates, but this is found to be partially offset by the greater structural weight necessitated by the use of hydrogen. It is concluded that modern technology has advanced to a point where it now appears feasible to untertake the design of a satellite vehicle.
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