Peluncuran udara ke orbit

Peluncuran udara ke orbit adalah metode peluncuran roket yang lebih kecil pada ketinggian tertentu dengan pesawat terbang konvensional-lepas landas horizontal yang lebih berat, untuk membawa satelit ke orbit bumi rendah.

Cara ini merupakan lanjutan dari pengembangan pesawat terbang eksperimental yang dimulai pada akhir 1940-an. Metode ini, ketika digunakan untuk penyisipan muatan orbital, memberikan keuntungan dibandingkan peluncuran roket vertikal konvensional, terutama karena pengurangan massa, dorongan, biaya roket, faktor geografis dan bencana alam.

Peluncuran udara ke orbit juga berfungsi sebagai alternatif jika kondisi tidak memungkinkan untuk meluncurkan roket secara vertikal dari darat ke orbit karena alasan tertentu, seperti bencana alam (gempa bumi, tsunami, banjir, letusan gunung berapi).

Sistem peluncuran udara

Operational

Orbital ATK (Formerly Orbital Sciences) Pegasus

Dalam pengembangan

Stratolaunch
Virgin Orbit LauncherOne
XCOR Aerospace Lynx Mark III
Orbital Sciences Pegasus II – contracted design/build for Stratolaunch Systems^[1]
CubeCab ^[2]
ARCASPACE^{[butuh rujukan]}
Generation Orbit Launch Services^[3] - contracted for NASA NEXT^[4]
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Towed Glider Air-Launch System
CDTI, CNES, DLR Aldebaran (rocket)

Rencana

Vulcan Aerospace 75-percent-scaled Dream Chaser crew-carrying spaceplane with rocket by Orbital Sciences^[5]
OREL [uk] (proposed by Ukraine)
Sura [uk] (proposed by Ukraine)

Proyek yang dibatalkan

Referensi

^ Bergin, Chris (2013-05-25). "Stratolaunch and Orbital – The Height of Air Launch". NASASpaceFlight.com. Diakses tanggal 2013-05-24.
^ "Technologies". Diakses tanggal 2015-12-01.
^ Leone, Dan (November 26, 2013). "Startup Generation Orbit Launch Service Bets Big on 'Small Space'".^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}
^ Diller, George (September 30, 2013). "NASA Awards First CubeSat-Class Launch Services Contract".
^ Gebhardt, Chris (2014-11-26). "SNC, Stratolaunch expand on proposed Dream Chaser flights". NASASpaceFlight.com. Diakses tanggal 2014-11-27.
^ ^a ^b Russia, Kazakhstan to develop unique space system Diarsipkan 2013-02-09 di Wayback Machine.: "Ukrainian experts moved to develop the Svityaz system based on the An-225 Mriya (Dream) Cossack jumbo transport plane and the Zenit-2 rocket", "The Ishim complex will include two MiG-31I aircraft, a three-stage launch vehicle on a streamlined store between engine nacelles, as well as an Ilyushin Il-76MD Midas surveillance plane."

Media tentang Air launch to orbit di Wikimedia Commons

A Study of Air Launch Methods for RLVs^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]} (AIAA 2001)
Low Cost Launch of Payloads to Low Earth Orbit Diarsipkan 2009-12-29 di Wayback Machine.
Illini Space Jet ^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}

[nsf20130524-1] Bergin, Chris (2013-05-25). "Stratolaunch and Orbital – The Height of Air Launch". NASASpaceFlight.com. Diakses tanggal 2013-05-24.

[2] "Technologies". Diakses tanggal 2015-12-01.

[3] Leone, Dan (November 26, 2013). "Startup Generation Orbit Launch Service Bets Big on 'Small Space'".^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}

[4] Diller, George (September 30, 2013). "NASA Awards First CubeSat-Class Launch Services Contract".

[nsf20141126-5] Gebhardt, Chris (2014-11-26). "SNC, Stratolaunch expand on proposed Dream Chaser flights". NASASpaceFlight.com. Diakses tanggal 2014-11-27.

[airlaunchers-6] Russia, Kazakhstan to develop unique space system Diarsipkan 2013-02-09 di Wayback Machine.: "Ukrainian experts moved to develop the Svityaz system based on the An-225 Mriya (Dream) Cossack jumbo transport plane and the Zenit-2 rocket", "The Ishim complex will include two MiG-31I aircraft, a three-stage launch vehicle on a streamlined store between engine nacelles, as well as an Ilyushin Il-76MD Midas surveillance plane."

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