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Abstract:

Practically all programs and projects are involved with flight through the atmospheric and space environments. There are usually several groups, both industry and government, involved in the design and development of the launch vehicle and spacecraft. Having a coordinated and consistent set of natural environment input and design requirements, tailored to meet the mission requirements for the space vehicle is critical. Not only from a time and cost aspect, but from a technical view also. Otherwise, the comparisons of various trade-off analyses for the vehicle's structure, control, thermal, etc. designs will not produce viable results from which management decisions can be made.