The invention relates to a propulsion unit for a reusable launch vehicle including a rocket engine (4) supported by a cradle (2). According to the invention, said cradle (2) comprises at least three attachment elements (9) for assembling said unit on the structure of said vehicle to which said unit is to be connected; said at least three attachment elements defining a plane (12) for removing said unit, and in which said unit includes one or more fluid and/or electric links of said engine (4), each one of said links comprising a free end (11) to be assembled with a corresponding circuit for supplying the vehicle, to which said unit is to be connected, the tip of at least some of said free ends (11) being contained in said removal plane (12).
Propulsion unit for reusable launch vehicle
2016-02-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS , Strahltriebwerke |
Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Propulsion Technology
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