DocumentCode
1398191
Title
Launcher without a country [marine satellite launch platform]
Author
Dooling, D.
Volume
33
Issue
10
fYear
1996
fDate
10/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
18
Lastpage
25
Abstract
The author describes how an international team of marine and rocket engineers is combining advanced oil platform technology with a Cold War rocket system into a novel means of launching satellites at sea. The objective is to heave telecommunications satellites from the equator, the best launch latitude on the planet, into geostationary orbit, the most marketable territory in space. The paper details how marrying an agile Soviet rocket design with the best oil platform technology may provide an altogether new means of getting big satellites into orbit
Keywords
aerospace propulsion; artificial satellites; marine systems; rocket engines; rockets; Cold War rocket system; Soviet rocket design; geostationary orbit; marine engineers; oil platform technology; rocket engineers; satellite launching; telecommunications satellites; Artificial satellites; Assembly; Earth; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Offshore installations; Planetary orbits; Rockets; Space technology; Springs;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/6.540086
Filename
540086
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