FIELD: recoverable space transport facilities for delivery of payloads and passengers from orbit to orbit. SUBSTANCE: proposed orbital aircraft has engine plant, wings, tail unit and payload section, landing gear and control units. Aircraft has two cylindrical oxygen tanks fastened together by their lateral surfaces. Tanks are located in one horizontal plane. Hydrogen tank is coupled to butts of oxygen tanks over its diameter which exceeds diameters of oxygen tanks at upward shift. At joint area projection is formed; payload section is located at the top on lateral surfaces of oxygen tanks. Wings are mounted on lateral surface of tanks with engine plant mounted on their rear butts in tail section. Tail unit has two fins; each fin is located in tail section. EFFECT: improved aerodynamic and CG position characteristics; enhanced operational reliability; minimization of structural members. 4 cl
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Dates
2002-12-20—Published
2001-08-17—Filed