A seaborne platform for the launching of microsatellites by long barrelled guns

Author

Unsalan, Deniz ; Izet-Unsalan, Kunsel ; Danisor, Alin

Author_Institution

Maritime Fac., Piri Reis Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

fYear

2013

fDate

12-14 June 2013

Firstpage

833

Lastpage

835

Abstract

A marine platform for launching of low to medium orbit satellites from a railgun projectile is described. The railgun is to be placed within a pressure hull, which can be lowered into the sea for the launch. The platform carrying the railgun and the pressure hull shall be a ship of the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) type, a proven platform that offers a smooth launching environment over a range of sea states. The platform shall also provide the energy required for launching of the gun. Besides the desired task, it can also be used as a launching platform for suborbital projectiles.

Keywords

artificial satellites; oceanographic equipment; projectiles; railguns; SWATH; long barrelled guns; low orbit satellites; marine platform; medium orbit satellites; microsatellite launching; pressure hull; railgun; sea states; seaborne platform; small waterplane area twin hull; suborbital projectiles; Acceleration; Marine vehicles; Orbits; Projectiles; Railguns; Rails; Satellites; Satellites; Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) ship; railgun; rocket assisted propulsion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2013 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6395-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAST.2013.6581328

Filename

6581328