Development of a complete aircraft-launched satellite-vehicle system and manufacturing and launching vehicles with payloads for Operation Argus was accomplished within 6 months. This included the development of three new rocket motors, highaltitude igniters, and IR-sensing horizon trigger, and special electronic timers. The total structural weight of this vehicle was limited to 5% of the over-all total vehicle weight. The technique of safely launching satellite vehicles from aircraft at high altitudes in a loft maneuver was successfully demonstrated. A world-wide network of highly successful portable microlock groundreceiver stations was built, deployed, and used to obtain valuable IGY and Explorer IV data. A program for computing satellite vehicle performance, missile tolerances, and ephemerides for satellites from doppler data was developed and applied to the data received from Explorer IV. A six-degrees-of-freedom program study was completed for determination of orbital trajectories concurrently with stability studies. (Author)
Satellite Launching from Aircraft
1960
42 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Launching , Scientific satellites , Jet fighters , Feasibility studies , Booster rockets , Aerodynamic characteristics , Payload , Telemeter systems , Programming (Computers) , Satellites (Artificial) , Orbits , Instrumentation , Packaging , Retro rockets , High altitude , Argus operation , Explorer , F-4 aircraft , SCINTILLATION COUNTERS , NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
Aircraft launching system, launching method and aircraft
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