Ordnance – Rocket launching – Having means to transfer rocket to launcher
Patent
1980-07-22
1982-08-17
Barefoot, Galen L.
Ordnance
Rocket launching
Having means to transfer rocket to launcher
89 1818, 89 8, 244 63, B64F 104, F41F 304
Patent
active
043445926
ABSTRACT:
A system for launching heavy rockets from the shaft of a launching tower where a cluster of liquid-propellant motors is mounted to its base and a series of clusters of solid-propellant motors are mounted in the tower's columns, the latter motors being consecutively upwardly fired. The rocket is supported by a piston impinged by the jet of gases ejected by the tower's motors. The impinging jet of gases spreads out of the shaft through open windows which are provided in the tower's walls and the rising movement of the rocket inside the shaft is controlled along a given path of movement in a manner that the firing of motors and closing of windows ensure controlled pressures below the piston and as a result, controlled accelerations. The rocket leaving the tower disconnects the impinging piston and then fires its own motors, having at that point a kinetic energy greater than usual. Heavy rockets using the launching tower can put in their orbits useful loads much greater than usual due to the load of propellants and their tanks saved in the first stage of thrust.
REFERENCES:
patent: 484011 (1892-10-01), Haskell
patent: 1298447 (1919-03-01), Bradford
patent: 2478774 (1949-08-01), Meinel
patent: 3072020 (1963-01-01), Barnes et al.
patent: 3132562 (1964-05-01), Frevel
patent: 3363508 (1968-01-01), Stahmer
patent: 3807274 (1974-04-01), Cohen
patent: 3857321 (1974-12-01), Cohen
Vanden Kerskhove, "Recent Advances in Solid Propellant Grain Design", American Rocket Soc. Journal, pp. 483-490.
LandOfFree
Launching tower for heavy rockets does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Launching tower for heavy rockets, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Launching tower for heavy rockets will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-183560