Airbus Defence and Space Sas

Astrium Sas

Christophe Chavagnac

Eugénio Ferreira

Benjamin Faure

Jérôme Bertrand

Angélique Santerre

Jean Philippe Dutheil

Hugues Laporte-Weywada

Thierry Pichard

Olivier Poulain

Philippe Matharan

Robert Andre Laine

Valéry Auger

Robert Lainé

An aircraft is capable of passing from the aerial domain to the spatial domain and method for automatically adapting the configuration of same. An additional breathable gas supply is provided to be activated only during a flight phase during which aerobic propulsion is interrupted, and is capable of supplying the control system of the manned cabin environment instead of the system associated with the aerobic propulsion means.

Aircraft capable of passing from the aerial domain to the spatial domain and method for automatically adapting the configuration of same

Airplane

An aircraft having propulsion units for both conventional aircraft flight in the atmosphere and for high-altitude operation as a rocket. The aircraft is divided into a payload compartment and a compartment containing rocket propulsion unit propellant or fuel, and includes a long transverse wing with a small back-sweep to favor lift in the dense layers of the atmosphere and to thus make it possible to climb to high altitudes at a subsonic speed before using the rocket propulsion units. The return flight portion is performed by gliding or controlled as for a conventional aircraft.

Aerodynamic and spatial composite flight aircraft, and related piloting method

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Christophe Chavagnac