Design and Analysis of an Airborne, Solid Propelled, Nanosatellite Launch Vehicle

Design and Analysis of an Airborne, solid Propelled, Nanosatellite Launch Vehicle using Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, August 2015
http://reports.nlr.nl:8080/xmlui/handle/10921/1023

The work presented here addresses the use of multidisciplinary optimization methods to the design of solid rocket propelled launch vehicles, thereby taking into account both air- and ground-launch as well as the addition of lifting devices (use of wings). The method combines both vehicle and trajectory design in a a sequential approach