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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: Chris Bergin on 05/03/2006 07:09 pm

Title: Russian Military Satellite launched - Kliper update
Post by: Chris Bergin on 05/03/2006 07:09 pm

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4480

Title: RE: Russian Military Satellite launched - Kliper update
Post by: Flightstar on 05/03/2006 07:23 pm

"Interestingly, while the Kliper will land like the NASA Space Shuttle, in cases of emergency, the craft will have the ability to retract its wings, deploy parachutes and land like a Soyuz."

Now that's pretty clever!

Title: RE: Russian Military Satellite launched - Kliper update
Post by: publiusr on 05/04/2006 04:14 pm

That is an awful lot of capability crammed into a small airframe.

Title: RE: Russian Military Satellite launched - Kliper update
Post by: vt_hokie on 05/04/2006 10:19 pm

I hope that Kliper actually flies!  I'd like nothing more than to see a more advanced and capable spacecraft make the CEV look bad!   ;)

Title: RE: Russian Military Satellite launched - Kliper update
Post by: James Lowe1 on 05/05/2006 12:50 am

I wonder how the retracting wings would work? Like the SpaceShipOne, or actually retracting into the body of the ship?

Title: RE: Russian Military Satellite launched - Kliper update
Post by: simonbp on 05/05/2006 12:56 am

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vt_hokie - 4/5/2006  5:19 PM

I hope that Kliper actually flies!  I'd like nothing more than to see a more advanced and capable spacecraft make the CEV look bad!   ;)

They are both "advanced and capable spacecraft", the CEV just doesn't pretend to be an aircraft too...

Simon ;)