DocumentCode
2491261
Title
From surface to orbit
Author
Olah, Andras Bela
Author_Institution
SUT Res. Lab., Corvinus Univ. of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
fYear
2011
fDate
9-11 June 2011
Firstpage
663
Lastpage
668
Abstract
Space travel is highly expensive and has significant limitations. Among all space activities the process of travelling from the surface to orbit requires the greatest amount of energy, materials and cost. Basically even today, more than 61 years after the first artificial satellite was set to orbit, these difficulties have been the greatest barriers of the dawn of the real space age.
Keywords
Earth orbit; aerospace propulsion; artificial satellites; jet engines; propellants; artificial satellite; atmosphere air drag; cargo; distance 2000 km to 5000 km; earth surface; elastic material; electric energy; escape velocity; heat resistant material; high powered electric engine; high powered laser; jet engine; material cost; mechanical propellant; orbit; remote propulsion; rocket fuel; rocket propulsion; rotor; space shuttle; space travel; space travelling; space vehicle; vacuum tunnel; velocity 8 km/s to 10 km/s; Acceleration; Electron tubes; Rockets; Space exploration; Space vehicles; Affordable and novel launch systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Istanbul
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9617-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RAST.2011.5966922
Filename
5966922
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