A Low-Cost Launch Assistance System for Orbital Launch Vehicles

Table 3

Mass budget of the proposed LAS.

Component	Mass, kg	Fraction, %
LVS rocket mass	270	3.7
LVS aeroshell	30	0.4
LVS-LAS attach points	40	0.5
Traction cables	1551	21.3
Clustering cable	49	0.7
Top blocks	91	1.2
Joints of traction cable	670	9.2
Balloons, uninflated	4566	62.6
Balloons avionics block	25	0.3
Total	7292	100.0
Balloons lift at 39.6 km	8649	118.6
Ballast of balloons	1357	18.6