Review Article
A Low-Cost Launch Assistance System for Orbital Launch Vehicles
Table 2
Parameters of the proposed LAS.
| | Parameter | Value |
| | Launched LVS weight | 340 kg | | Payload to LEO | 7 kg | | LAS engines output power | 13.1 MW | | Balloons total volume | 0.5 mln·m3 | | Acceleration during launch assistance | 5.7 m/c2 | | Acceleration duration | 161 sec | | Separation airspeed | 0.45 km/s | | Separation altitude | 36.1 km | | Flown structure weight (with ballast and launch vehicle) | 8.6 tons | | Flown structure structural factor (loaded by ballast and launch vehicle) | 1.5* | | Design maximal wind speed in lower troposphere | 18 m/s |
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10% margin for the ropes strength degradation included.
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