Raketoplan (Ракетоплан) is the general term used in Russian for a Rocket-powered aircraft.
The term Raketoplan is used both for rocket airplanes that move exclusively in the Earth's atmosphere, as well as for "rocket aircraft" used in . Raketoplan refers exclusively to spacecraft which, at least on reentry, use aerodynamic capabilities of aircraft and thus differ from space capsules.
Examples of rocketoplanes as rocket-propelled aircraft[]
- Korolyov RP-318
- Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1
- Mikoyan-Gurevich I-270
- Bisnovat 5
- DFS 346
Examples of rocketoplanes as rocket propelled spacecraft[]
- Buran
- Kliper
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105
- BOR-4
- BOR-5
- LKS
Referenc[]
- Hendrickx, Bart; Vis, Bert (2007). Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle. Springer-Praxis. Digital object identifier:10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7. ISBN 0-387-69848-5.
- [www.russianspaceweb.com/raketoplan.html Russianspaceweb "Raketoplan"]