Motivation for Air-Launch: Past, Present, and Future
| Autor: | J Campbell Martin, John W. Kelly, Gregory T. Brierly, Marshall G. Murphy, Charles E. Rogers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
020301 aerospace & aeronautics
Engineering 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Aviation business.industry ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS 02 engineering and technology Space (commercial competition) 01 natural sciences Entertainment 0203 mechanical engineering Aeronautics Range (aeronautics) business ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | AIAA SPACE and Astronautics Forum and Exposition. |
| DOI: | 10.2514/6.2017-5231 |
| Popis: | Air-launch is defined as two or more air-vehicles joined and working together, that eventually separate in flight, and that have a combined performance greater than the sum of the individual parts. The use of the air-launch concept has taken many forms across civil, commercial, and military contexts throughout the history of aviation. Air-launch techniques have been applied for entertainment, movement of materiel and personnel, efficient execution of aeronautical research, increasing aircraft range, and enabling flexible and efficient launch of space vehicles. For each air-launch application identified in the paper, the motivation for that application is discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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