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stages which continue on to orbit. The first stage reenters the atmosphere unpowered<br />
along the glide slope determined by the trajectory. Once the dynamic pressure is within<br />
acceptable levels the MIPCC engines restart and the first stage returns to the airport as an<br />
aircraft. The zoom maneuver covers a downrange distance of over 180 nautical miles.<br />
This requires the first stage to fly a worst case of 430 nautical miles to the landing strip.<br />
1- Start-up<br />
2- Taxi<br />
3- Takeoff<br />
5– Cruise Out<br />
192 nmi<br />
50,000 ft<br />
M =0.8<br />
4– Climb<br />
58 nmi<br />
6– Loiter<br />
30 mins<br />
7- Zoom Maneuver<br />
Downrange 90 nmi<br />
Engine Shutdown- 88,000 ft<br />
Release – q