The Russian space Agency has established a scheme for an aircraft engine carrier rockets

Roskosmos has received a patent on a scheme for an aircraft engine, is able to briefly fly at hypersonic speeds and to launch rockets into space, according to the invention, which is published on the Internet representation of Rospatent.

Experts of the Russian space Agency has developed a scheme of the combined engine, combining capabilities of jet engine and liquid rocket engine. The invention, according to a description of him, " has the ability to be used for creation of aerospace systems of horizontal start or to create a plane that will have the opportunity to make a short flight at hypersonic speeds ".

This engine is offered to apply in the majority on the plane responsice that will take off from the airfield, to gain agility up to six swings and Saying it kind of the first step, start from your side a rocket into space. The urgency of development of the Russian space Agency confirmed ongoing in the US and UK the same work on the creation of a combined engine according to the SABRE program. Foreign development, as underlined in the explanatory note to the description of the invention has a complicated scheme of the engine. A Russian Invention easier.

This is not the 1st project which is considering the launch of cargo to space technology air launch. The technology involves the launch of air assets (aircraft, airship or airplane) that is placed in flight. The technology is being developed by scientists from the middle of the previous century, but almost 70 years from over a hundred successful projects were few.

in the United States in the 1970-ies has been tested air missile for the destruction of satellites from F-15. These tests successful, but future work was finished. In 1990 during a project of the American Orbital Science organizations and Hercules Aerospace the Earth's orbit was successfully launched the satellite launch vehicle Pegasus, launched from the aircraft. Now It is the only system with air launch being in operation.

in Russia at various times it was proposed to launch a rocket into space with the An-225, An-124, Il-76, Tu-160 and Tu-22, high-altitude fighter-interceptor MiG-31.



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