A method for launch of an airship includes connecting a cargo airship to a deflated second airship, launching the cargo airship, inflating the second airship with lifting gas carried by the cargo airship while aloft; and releasing the second airship from the cargo airship. A high-altitude airship launch system is also provided.
Airship launch from a cargo airship
2016-12-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Airship launch from a cargo airship with a payload return vehicle
European Patent Office | 2021
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