Aerospace Instrument-Making Annotation << Back LANDING OF AN ORBITAL AIRCRAFT ON A LOW-FLYING VEHICLE WITH A DYNAMIC SUPPORT PRINCIPLE A.Yu. Knyazhsky, A.V. Nebylov, V.A. Nebylov The article proposes a method for landing an orbital aircraft on a low-flying vehicle with a dynamic support principle, for example, an ekranoplan, which consists in the fact that after receiving a signal about the start of landing, the orbital aircraft is docked with a low-flying carrier vehicle along a predetermined relative 4D flight track. The proposed method allows landing on the sea surface, eliminating the need to build a special expensive runway and link to a specific landing site. The payload of the orbital aircraft also increases due to the lack of a wheeled landing gear. Keywords: aerospace aircraft, orbital aircraft, landing, ekranoplan, low-flying vehicle, aerospace technologies. DOI: 10.25791/aviakosmos.7.2023.1352 Pp. 42-53.