Suborbital freight delivery concept exploration

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.51919· OSTI ID:627609

Andrews, D; Paris, S; Rubeck, M ^[1]

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1. Boeing Defense Space Group Seattle, Washington98124 (United States)

Suborbital Freight, sometimes called Fast Freight, is delivery of high priority packages over intercontinental distances in periods of approximately one hour. The vehicles required are usually rocket-powered and have total ideal velocities of around 7.5 km/second. Analysis of this market indicates that there are niches where commercial operations are possible and might even be profitable using today{close_quote}s state-of-the-art technologies. The key requirements to capture this market are low nonrecurring costs, quick turnaround ({lt}9hours), and high reliability (0.999). This draft is a report on work in progress. The Fast Freight study will be completed before the STAIF-97 conference and results will be presented at that time. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 627609
• Report Number(s): CONF-970115-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9808M0024
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 387, Issue 1; Conference: Space technology and applications international forum (STAIF - 97), Albuquerque, NM (United States), 26-30 Jan 1997; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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