FIELD: aviation.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the operational management of the transport spacecraft (TSC) serving the flights between the orbital space station (OSS) positioned near the planet with atmosphere and the base station positioned on the moon, for example. After putting module with boosters into support orbit by the launch vehicle, TSC is undocked from OSS and docked with this module. Impulses for the flight to base station orbit are applied to the cluster of TSC and module. Then, TSC lands on the surface of a stellar body in the area of the base station and takes off with launch ascent upon completion of the stay program there, for example, on lunar orbit or in return trajectory to the planet with atmosphere. Wherein TSC enters an elliptical orbit with a given position of its plane due to aerodynamic deceleration and gravitational slingshot. In a series of atmosphere passages SC speed is reduced to a circular on orbit where TSC is docked with OSS.
EFFECT: reusability and efficiency of the transport system, for example, between the near-Earth and lunar stations.
4 dwg
