Aerothermal test results from the first flight of the Pegasus air-launched space booster

ABSTRACTINTRODUCTIONNOMENCLATURESubscripts Greek symbols VEHICLE DESCRIPTION2334INSTRUMENTATION 44Wing Upper and Lower Surface Foil Installations 5Wing Leading-Edge Foil Installations Fillet Foil Installations 5Bulb Thermocouple Installations 5High-Temperature Reusable Surface Insulation Plugs 56Signal Conditioning TRAJECTORYHEAT FLUX DERIVATION FROM HIGH-TEMPERATURE REUSABLE SURFACE INSULATIONPLUGS 6DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 77Wing Thermal Protection System 8Fillet Thermal Protection System Fillet High-Temperature Reusable Surface Insulation Plugs 8CONCLUDING REMARKSAPPENDIX9IITRAJECTORY DERIVATION 11Inertial Navigation System 11Ground-Based Radar 1111Atmospheric Model 11Calculated Trajectory REFERENCES 13iii