A variety of air-launched sub-orbital and orbital vehicles are demonstrated and others have been proposed recently by different organizations. The purpose of this article is three-fold: (a) to identify benefits of air-launching vehicles for space missions; (b) to categorize airlaunched vehicles with respect to how they are integrated to their carrier vehicle; (c) to identify benefits and shortcomings of these methods. Our analysis study shows that air-launching provides mobility and deployment advantages over surface launching. It can also provide performance advantages over surface launching. However, many air-launch concepts proposed require advance technologies that are currently not available.


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    Title :

    A comparative analysis of methods for air-launching vehicles from earth to sub-orbit or orbit


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    Publication date :

    2006-05-01


    Size :

    14 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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