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2-3 years Russian aircraft missile system for space application, developed within the project "Air Launch" may spend the first test. Last date version ARCC "Air Launch" was presented at the last in Zhukovsky near Moscow MAKS-2013.
Implementation of this project deals with State Rocket Center (SRC) them. Makeev, which develops in conjunction with the private company "Flight". Leading specialist GRC Sergei Egorov in an interview "Rosinformbyuro" noted that in 2-3 years we will know about it. According Egorova, the company "Flight" is ready to provide for the practical test your plane An-124-100 "Ruslan". At the initial stage of testing using the layouts will be practiced dumping cargo aircraft and the initial stages of the launch.
Sergei Yegorov noted that interest in this innovative project has increased, including the Ministry of Defense of Russia, and therefore hoped for good results. Experts believe that this project can be used to launch satellites into space for military purposes. "Air Launch" - a project which is a system that is able to orbit the Earth spacecraft using booster on environmentally friendly fuel, which starts from the board of a large transport aircraft A-124-100.
"Ruslan" with a missile on board, which is in a reusable container in a given area at an altitude of 10,000 meters performs "hill". At this point, the missile is ejected from the container by means of steam-gas generator, at a distance of 200-250 meters from the plane she included boosters and controlled flight begins on the desired trajectory of the orbit. Specialist SRC them. Makeev, highlighted a number of the main advantages of this method with complex start. In the first place - is the lack of need to build expensive starting ground facilities, the use of different starting areas, advance planning for the fall of exclusion detachable rocket stage, as well as the possibility of increasing the payload.
Currently working on a similar project and actively conducted in the United States. In America have already held several successful tests on dumping of bulky cargo aircraft using a parachute. At the same time, the Russian way of ejection bulkycargo Sergei Egorov believes it is more safe and reliable. SRC representative them. Makeev, believes that in this case achieved unstressed and controlled discharge of missiles "Flight" (mass of 102 tons, length of 30 meters) with the correct overload. At the same time parachuting way less predictable and is suitable only for missiles, differ by less weight and size characteristics.
In the Russian space launch vehicles airborne steel design back in the mid 90-ies of the last century, at the same time, several organizations. All managed to move further development, which was initiated KB Chemical Automation and airlines "Flight" (both companies from Voronezh), which in May 1999 established a corporation of the same name "Air Launch". Shareholders of the company soon became SRP "TsSKB Progress" (Samara) and RSC "Energia" (Korolev, Moscow region). However, these enterprises in the early 2000s left the corporation, and their place head developer SRC took them. Makeev (Miass, Chelyabinsk region).
Design sense the mobility space launches since the derivation of the rocket from the aircraft do not need to build a spaceport. The main element of the complex from the outset was to become a heavy transport aircraft An-124-100VS "Ruslan". At the heart of Russia in Samara on the basis of the airfield "Flight" was supposed to organize some sort of "Baikonur".
In 2006, this project became international: intergovernmental agreement was reached with Indonesia, which has pledged to build on his island of Biak all necessary infrastructure for aircraft based "Ruslan" and download them missiles. In September 2007, it was reported that the ambitious project came to the finish line. Preparing to conduct the first launch in 2010, as one of the Western European companies signed a contract to launch six satellites. However, since the "Air Launch" seemed to have forgotten.
Again reminded of it in 2012, when the SRC them. Makeev managed to enlist the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Space Agency.Then it was reported that the implementation of this project will require investments of 25 billion rubles. In this building, "demonstrator" was estimated at 4 billion rubles, the total cost is in the development of the "Air Launch" were estimated at 25 billion rubles (creation of a demonstrator - up to 3 years, the project - 5-6 years).
The Russian system "Air Launch" using booster "Flight", relating to light-weight class (weight about 100 tons), to provide light launches satellites into low (up to 2 thousand km.), Medium (10-20 thousand km.) geosynchronous transfer orbit and geostationary and escape trajectories to the Moon and planets of our solar system. The project envisages the launch of carrier rocket with satellites on board with heights of 10-11 meters with thousands of air launch platform, as which you plan to use a modification of the heaviest in the world commercially available transport aircraft An-124-100 "Ruslan", which was established in 1983 Ukrainian state enterprise ASTC. DCAntonov.
Also part of the system is easy booster "Flight", which is created using the most advanced missile technologies that were created in Russia as part of our program of manned rocket "Soyuz" and confirmed their high safety and reliability. In this booster will work on environmentally friendly rocket fuel (kerosene + LOX).
At the first stage of the rocket, a modified liquid rocket engines NK-43 (SC-33-1), which were created as part of the work on the lunar rocket H-1 and perfected to the reliability of 0.998. As a second stage of "Flight" plan to use commercially available third stage rocket "Soyuz-2" with an improved rocket engine RD-0124.
At the initial stage of operation missiles "Flight" in order to minimize costs and reduce development time for its propulsion system of the first stage may be adopted similar apparatus in the first stage light carrier rocket "Soyuz-1" development "Samara Space Center": with existing sustainer engine NK-33A and 4-chamber steering engine RD 0110R.
To deliver satellites into orbits of varying heights and escape trajectories booster can be equipped with a booster unit, which is an improved modification of the upper stage "A" booster "Lightning", with installed oxygen-kerosene rocket engines 11D58MF (5 thrust force) . Work on this engine is currently being in the RSC "Energia". SP Korolev.
Application in the project "Multilevel start" existing Russian missile technology can positively affect the timing and cost of system development, assuring her the best economic and technical characteristics. Best accommodation option created system in our country can be under construction cosmodrome "East". The proximity of the Pacific Ocean provides the best conditions for the selection of optimal routes in the active portion of the rocket carrier "Flight".
After booster "Flight" and a space booster will be delivered to the Russian cosmodrome "East" or the spaceport on the Indonesian island is an integration of the launch vehicle and the satellite.Installation of a satellite on the rocket can be performed in a specially built for the spaceport complex technical or directly in the aircraft carrier. After the end of the assembly process starting complex and all necessary checks, refueling aircraft carrier, space booster rocket and fly the airplane going to start clearing the area.
Flight scheme of this system provides the launching of satellites to Earth orbit with almost any inclination. This is achieved by the fact that the plane could hold launch at a distance of 4-4.5 thousand kilometers. from the spaceport. In this area the missile launch in the planning of each particular flight will be selected, the basis of providing a given orbital inclination space satellite, location and flight path areas falling detachable part missiles malosudohodnyh areas of the oceans.Likewise, if you run the route will take into account the need for landing "Ruslan" after launch rocket at the nearest airfield, which is able to receive aircraft of this class.
The computational zone rocket launch to create the most comfortable conditions for the initial flight, the aircraft carrier performs maneuvers called "hill" with access to a parabolic trajectory, which allows for 6-10 seconds, flight mode, which is close to weightlessness. At this point, normal overload on the rocket "Flight" will not exceed 0.1-0.3 units. This solution allows to increase by 2-2.5 times the mass of the rocket desantiruemye compared with ordinary landing in horizontal flight mode, and hence increase its capacity.
At the moment when the aircraft carrier on mode "Gorka" reaches the maximum flight path angle to the local horizon (pitching angle of about 20 °) is ejected from the aircraft missiles with a special launch canister using pneumatic ejection system, equipped with gunpowder pressure accumulator. The process of the rocket "Flight" from "Ruslan" takes about 3 seconds, the longitudinal overload at this point does not exceed 1.5 units. After the procedure, the rocket landing and subsequent implementation of flight segments of its first and second stages, as well as space booster, provided office space satellite and its output into the desired orbit.
It is worth noting that the technology of landing the plane heavy loads greatly exceeding weight loads that desantiruyutsya in the normal horizontal flight, was implemented in the USSR in the 1987-1990 period as part of our program "Energy-Buran". This technology was worked out in the framework of reusable rocket rescue units of the first stage "Energy" and included the dropping of heavy loads in flight conditions of the aircraft close to the state of weightlessness.
Energy opportunities
Using booster "Flight" allows orbit satellites weighing up to 4.5 tons at their output to low equatorial orbits, up to 3.5 tonnes - low polar orbit, to 0.85 tons - orbit navigation system "GLONASS" or «Galileo», up to 0.8 tons - geostationary orbit. In the case of equipment geostationary satellites apogee propulsion system, which provides a transition from the geosynchronous transfer orbit satellites into geostationary, light rocket "Flight" can provide a conclusion on the geostationary orbit satellites weighing up to 1 ton. Escape trajectories to other planets of the solar system, as well as to the moon, it can deliver a spacecraft mass of 1-1.2 tonnes. Such opportunities payloads "Air Launch" provides launch from a height of about 10-11 thousand feet.
Россия работает над созданием «Воздушного старта» - Сделано у нас
Implementation of this project deals with State Rocket Center (SRC) them. Makeev, which develops in conjunction with the private company "Flight". Leading specialist GRC Sergei Egorov in an interview "Rosinformbyuro" noted that in 2-3 years we will know about it. According Egorova, the company "Flight" is ready to provide for the practical test your plane An-124-100 "Ruslan". At the initial stage of testing using the layouts will be practiced dumping cargo aircraft and the initial stages of the launch.
Sergei Yegorov noted that interest in this innovative project has increased, including the Ministry of Defense of Russia, and therefore hoped for good results. Experts believe that this project can be used to launch satellites into space for military purposes. "Air Launch" - a project which is a system that is able to orbit the Earth spacecraft using booster on environmentally friendly fuel, which starts from the board of a large transport aircraft A-124-100.
"Ruslan" with a missile on board, which is in a reusable container in a given area at an altitude of 10,000 meters performs "hill". At this point, the missile is ejected from the container by means of steam-gas generator, at a distance of 200-250 meters from the plane she included boosters and controlled flight begins on the desired trajectory of the orbit. Specialist SRC them. Makeev, highlighted a number of the main advantages of this method with complex start. In the first place - is the lack of need to build expensive starting ground facilities, the use of different starting areas, advance planning for the fall of exclusion detachable rocket stage, as well as the possibility of increasing the payload.
Currently working on a similar project and actively conducted in the United States. In America have already held several successful tests on dumping of bulky cargo aircraft using a parachute. At the same time, the Russian way of ejection bulkycargo Sergei Egorov believes it is more safe and reliable. SRC representative them. Makeev, believes that in this case achieved unstressed and controlled discharge of missiles "Flight" (mass of 102 tons, length of 30 meters) with the correct overload. At the same time parachuting way less predictable and is suitable only for missiles, differ by less weight and size characteristics.
In the Russian space launch vehicles airborne steel design back in the mid 90-ies of the last century, at the same time, several organizations. All managed to move further development, which was initiated KB Chemical Automation and airlines "Flight" (both companies from Voronezh), which in May 1999 established a corporation of the same name "Air Launch". Shareholders of the company soon became SRP "TsSKB Progress" (Samara) and RSC "Energia" (Korolev, Moscow region). However, these enterprises in the early 2000s left the corporation, and their place head developer SRC took them. Makeev (Miass, Chelyabinsk region).
Design sense the mobility space launches since the derivation of the rocket from the aircraft do not need to build a spaceport. The main element of the complex from the outset was to become a heavy transport aircraft An-124-100VS "Ruslan". At the heart of Russia in Samara on the basis of the airfield "Flight" was supposed to organize some sort of "Baikonur".
In 2006, this project became international: intergovernmental agreement was reached with Indonesia, which has pledged to build on his island of Biak all necessary infrastructure for aircraft based "Ruslan" and download them missiles. In September 2007, it was reported that the ambitious project came to the finish line. Preparing to conduct the first launch in 2010, as one of the Western European companies signed a contract to launch six satellites. However, since the "Air Launch" seemed to have forgotten.
Again reminded of it in 2012, when the SRC them. Makeev managed to enlist the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Space Agency.Then it was reported that the implementation of this project will require investments of 25 billion rubles. In this building, "demonstrator" was estimated at 4 billion rubles, the total cost is in the development of the "Air Launch" were estimated at 25 billion rubles (creation of a demonstrator - up to 3 years, the project - 5-6 years).
The Russian system "Air Launch" using booster "Flight", relating to light-weight class (weight about 100 tons), to provide light launches satellites into low (up to 2 thousand km.), Medium (10-20 thousand km.) geosynchronous transfer orbit and geostationary and escape trajectories to the Moon and planets of our solar system. The project envisages the launch of carrier rocket with satellites on board with heights of 10-11 meters with thousands of air launch platform, as which you plan to use a modification of the heaviest in the world commercially available transport aircraft An-124-100 "Ruslan", which was established in 1983 Ukrainian state enterprise ASTC. DCAntonov.
Also part of the system is easy booster "Flight", which is created using the most advanced missile technologies that were created in Russia as part of our program of manned rocket "Soyuz" and confirmed their high safety and reliability. In this booster will work on environmentally friendly rocket fuel (kerosene + LOX).
At the first stage of the rocket, a modified liquid rocket engines NK-43 (SC-33-1), which were created as part of the work on the lunar rocket H-1 and perfected to the reliability of 0.998. As a second stage of "Flight" plan to use commercially available third stage rocket "Soyuz-2" with an improved rocket engine RD-0124.
At the initial stage of operation missiles "Flight" in order to minimize costs and reduce development time for its propulsion system of the first stage may be adopted similar apparatus in the first stage light carrier rocket "Soyuz-1" development "Samara Space Center": with existing sustainer engine NK-33A and 4-chamber steering engine RD 0110R.
To deliver satellites into orbits of varying heights and escape trajectories booster can be equipped with a booster unit, which is an improved modification of the upper stage "A" booster "Lightning", with installed oxygen-kerosene rocket engines 11D58MF (5 thrust force) . Work on this engine is currently being in the RSC "Energia". SP Korolev.
Application in the project "Multilevel start" existing Russian missile technology can positively affect the timing and cost of system development, assuring her the best economic and technical characteristics. Best accommodation option created system in our country can be under construction cosmodrome "East". The proximity of the Pacific Ocean provides the best conditions for the selection of optimal routes in the active portion of the rocket carrier "Flight".
After booster "Flight" and a space booster will be delivered to the Russian cosmodrome "East" or the spaceport on the Indonesian island is an integration of the launch vehicle and the satellite.Installation of a satellite on the rocket can be performed in a specially built for the spaceport complex technical or directly in the aircraft carrier. After the end of the assembly process starting complex and all necessary checks, refueling aircraft carrier, space booster rocket and fly the airplane going to start clearing the area.
Flight scheme of this system provides the launching of satellites to Earth orbit with almost any inclination. This is achieved by the fact that the plane could hold launch at a distance of 4-4.5 thousand kilometers. from the spaceport. In this area the missile launch in the planning of each particular flight will be selected, the basis of providing a given orbital inclination space satellite, location and flight path areas falling detachable part missiles malosudohodnyh areas of the oceans.Likewise, if you run the route will take into account the need for landing "Ruslan" after launch rocket at the nearest airfield, which is able to receive aircraft of this class.
The computational zone rocket launch to create the most comfortable conditions for the initial flight, the aircraft carrier performs maneuvers called "hill" with access to a parabolic trajectory, which allows for 6-10 seconds, flight mode, which is close to weightlessness. At this point, normal overload on the rocket "Flight" will not exceed 0.1-0.3 units. This solution allows to increase by 2-2.5 times the mass of the rocket desantiruemye compared with ordinary landing in horizontal flight mode, and hence increase its capacity.
At the moment when the aircraft carrier on mode "Gorka" reaches the maximum flight path angle to the local horizon (pitching angle of about 20 °) is ejected from the aircraft missiles with a special launch canister using pneumatic ejection system, equipped with gunpowder pressure accumulator. The process of the rocket "Flight" from "Ruslan" takes about 3 seconds, the longitudinal overload at this point does not exceed 1.5 units. After the procedure, the rocket landing and subsequent implementation of flight segments of its first and second stages, as well as space booster, provided office space satellite and its output into the desired orbit.
It is worth noting that the technology of landing the plane heavy loads greatly exceeding weight loads that desantiruyutsya in the normal horizontal flight, was implemented in the USSR in the 1987-1990 period as part of our program "Energy-Buran". This technology was worked out in the framework of reusable rocket rescue units of the first stage "Energy" and included the dropping of heavy loads in flight conditions of the aircraft close to the state of weightlessness.
Energy opportunities
Using booster "Flight" allows orbit satellites weighing up to 4.5 tons at their output to low equatorial orbits, up to 3.5 tonnes - low polar orbit, to 0.85 tons - orbit navigation system "GLONASS" or «Galileo», up to 0.8 tons - geostationary orbit. In the case of equipment geostationary satellites apogee propulsion system, which provides a transition from the geosynchronous transfer orbit satellites into geostationary, light rocket "Flight" can provide a conclusion on the geostationary orbit satellites weighing up to 1 ton. Escape trajectories to other planets of the solar system, as well as to the moon, it can deliver a spacecraft mass of 1-1.2 tonnes. Such opportunities payloads "Air Launch" provides launch from a height of about 10-11 thousand feet.
Россия работает над созданием «Воздушного старта» - Сделано у нас
