Stratolaunch Systems - компания Пола Аллена

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[Saul]

Что это за "дурилка картонная", вы хотя бы 2 страницы назад почитали. Там "Бройлеров" потрошить собираются. А чтобы этого мутанта не скрутило, необходимо еще носа и хвосты соединять в раму, как у "Геракла".

или

[G.K.]

Saul пишет:
или

А это что такое?

[sychbird]

Наглядное доказательство непригодности и  монструозности классической авиационной схемы для данной задачи. Кризис масштаба.
Сразу же в голову приходит Хьюзовский монстр.

Требуется интегральная схема летающего крыла, а апробированных технологий нет. Как и "буйных"  тоже, в прочем. Ахилессова пята инвестиционного руководства старт-апа, а не идеологически-технологического.

[Saul]

 Проект К-7, на основе реального Клима Ворошилова.
http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/m007kuzya/post93776185/

[SFN]

Рутан не очень любит "рамки".  вот например первый белый рыцарь как раз между Боингом для прозекции и новым ангаром

[vlad7308]

я кажется знаю что это

это - Личный Его Императорского Величества Принца Кирну четырех Золотых Знамен именной бомбовоз "Горный Орел"

[SFN]

еще в прошлом году никакого ангара не было

[instml]

Stratolaunch and Orbital – The Height of Air Launch

May 24, 2013 by Chris Bergin

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/05/stratolaunch-orbital-air-launch/

Нацелились на 6 тонн на НОО.
Ракета неофициально называется Пегас-2.
3-х-ступ, первые две ступени твердотопливные, на третьей водород! 5-метровый обтекатель.
Версия для ГПО: ПН 2 тонны, наклонение 15 градусов, 1 движок на 3-й ступени вместо двух и 4-метровый обтекатель.

Размах крыла самолетика 115 метров    Экипаж 3 человека.

Начало испытаний: 2017 ?

[ilan]

SFN пишет:
еще в прошлом году никакого ангара не было
 

А это

"те самые" два Боинга?

[Salo]

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/06/03/stratolaunch-formalizes-orbital-sciences-partnership/

Stratolaunch Formalizes Orbital Sciences Partnership
Posted by Doug Messier on June 3, 2013, at 1:46 pm

The new design of Stratolaunch's carrier aircraft. (Credit: Stratolaunch Systems)

 HUNTSVILLE, ALA., June 3, 2013 (Stratolaunch PR) – Stratolaunch Systems today announced that space technology leader Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) will join its team to develop, build and operate the redesigned Stratolaunch air-launch rocket system. Orbital's involvement is key in realizing Stratolaunch System's vision to provide orbital access with greater safety, cost-effectiveness and flexibility.
"Selecting Orbital to take on this important role represents a major step forward in our bold endeavor to develop a revolutionary  air-launch system," said Gary L. Wentz, CEO and President of Stratolaunch.  "Orbital is one of the most respected and reliable providers of space and rocket systems.  For over 30 years, Orbital has compiled a record of success few companies in the industry can match. We're pleased to welcome Orbital to our team."
The agreement was finalized after a research period in which Stratolaunch charged Orbital with developing a comprehensive operational concept for its air-launch system, including the unique design of the rocket and operational processes and procedures that will need to be in place to operate the system.  Going forward, Orbital will be responsible for the program's overall systems engineering, as well as the development, production, integration, test, and operations of the air-launch vehicle (ALV) and related support systems.
"Stratolaunch is introducing an innovative solution unlike anything ever before attempted, with convenient, airport-like operations to launch commercial and government payloads, and eventually, human missions," Wentz added.  "With the rocket design and operational methodology well understood, we are now positioned to bring this vision to fruition."
The Stratolaunch ALV system will be capable of launching government and commercial payloads up to 15,000 lbs. range to low-Earth orbit (LEO) and smaller payloads to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
Due to its air-launch capability, the system is designed for maximum operational flexibility and payload delivery from multiple sites.  It also offers the ability to minimize or avoid mission constraints that affect traditional ground-launch operations, such as certain aspects of range availability or inclement weather conditions.  Stratolaunch is on track for carrier aircraft flight testing by 2016.
"By selecting Orbital as a key member of its team, Stratolaunch has employed the world's expert in air-launch systems to orbit, having pioneered the small-class Pegasus rocket over 20 years ago, which, together with derivative air-launch vehicles, have carried out over 50 missions for government and commercial customers," said Frank Culbertson, Orbital's Executive Vice President and General Manager of its Advanced Programs Group.  "We have assembled a first-class team of professionals, with decades of experience, and we are ready to support the program as it moves from concept into design and production."

ABOUT STRATOLAUNCH SYSTEMS
Founded in 2011 by philanthropist and entrepreneur Paul G. Allen, Stratolaunch Systems is developing an air-launch system that will revolutionize space transportation by providing orbital access to space at lower costs, with greater safety and more flexibility. The system will allow for maximum operational flexibility and payload delivery from several possible operational sites, while minimizing mission constraints such as range availability and weather. The system is made up of three primary elements: a carrier aircraft, which is being designed by Scaled Composites; a multi-stage rocket system, which is being developed by Orbital Sciences; and an orbital payload. Initial efforts will focus on unmanned payloads, with human flights following as safety, reliability, and operability are demonstrated. Stratolaunch is based in Huntsville, Alabama with assembly facilities in Mojave, California.

[Mark]

Для того чтобы новый авиалайнер мог поднять космический корабль перед стартом, конструкторы снабдили его шестью очень мощными двигателями-турбинами класса 747. Размах крыльев этого гигантского авиалайнера составляет 116 метров. При этом вес самолёта — около 540 тонн, и он сможет поднять в воздух космический аппарат весом до 220 тонн.
 
Собирать свой гигантский самолёт компания Stratolaunch air намерена в пустыне Мохаве на тестовом космодроме США. Для этого там будет возведён специальный ангар площадью 9593 квадратных метров.

http://scienceblog.ru/2013/06/09/amerikancy-sozdayut-samoljot-dlya-zapuska-kosmicheskikh-korablejj/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Scienceblogru+%28ScienceBlog.Ru%29

[Старый]

Очень дешовое будет средство выведения.
А чтоб делать такие самолёты контора Пола Алена будет ведущей авиастроительной корпорацией мира.

[Mark]

Старый пишет:
Очень дешовое будет средство выведения.
А чтоб делать такие самолёты контора Пола Алена будет ведущей авиастроительной корпорацией мира.

Да, стоимость старту будет наверно на 30-35% дешевое от класычнего старту.

[Старый]

Mark пишет:
 Да, стоимость старту будет наверно на 30-35% дешевое от класычнего старту.
 

Потому что стоимость самолёта будет отрицательной величиной?

[Александр Ч.]

Пол Аллен "разродился" видео того, как это будет:

[Александр Ч.]

По поводу названия, переписка:

Doug Mohney ‏@DougonIPComm
 
 @OrbitalSciences More info on the Mega #Pegasus for Stratolaunch?

Orbital Sciences ‏@OrbitalSciences
 
 @DougonIPComm Doug, you'll need to touch base with Stratolaunch. Also, let's all get off the Pegasus connection. Will NOT share the name.

  Doug Mohney ‏@DougonTech
 
 @OrbitalSciences C'mon Barry, Orbital won't be able to avoid the comparison between that airlaunched vehicle and "Megasus"

[Salo]

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/36764atk-to-supply-stratolaunch-rocket-stages

ATK To Supply Stratolaunch Rocket Stages
By Dan Leone | Aug. 13, 2013
 

Stratolaunch's carrier and the air-launched rocket concepts. Credit: Stratolaunch artist's concept

WASHINGTON — ATK Aerospace will develop and produce "large-diameter" solid-rocket motors for the first and second stages of Stratolaunch Inc.'s planned three-stage air-launched rocket, the Magna, Utah, propulsion provider announced Aug. 13.
Stratolaunch, established in 2011 by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is building what would be the world's largest air-launched rocket, capable of carrying around 6,800 kilograms of payload to low Earth orbit. The launcher, to be built by Orbital Sciences Corp., requires a massive carrier aircraft, which is being built by Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif.
ATK's subcontract with Orbital was signed in late July, Scott Lehr, vice president and general manager of ATK's Defense and Commercial Division, said in a phone interview. He declined to give the value of the contract.
Stratolaunch has said it wants to launch six to 10 missions per year once it is ready to begin routine operations. It is not clear when that might be. The company plans to test the rocket's mothership in 2016 but has not said when it might test the launcher.
Orbital is buying enough ATK motors to cover a small number of initial launches.
The third stage of the Stratolaunch rocket is to be liquid fueled, and the Huntsville, Ala.-based company has not yet said which engine it will use. With the exception of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — which does not sell its Merlin rocket engines to outsiders — and a few of boutique manufacturers, only Aerojet Rocketdyne builds liquid-fueled rocket engines in the United States.
Meanwhile, Orbital's order will result in some new design and development work at ATK, bringing with it the potential for some new hires in Utah, Lehr said. "We may have to hire some engineering folks, at least in the development phase," he said. Lehr did not say how many new employees might be necessary, but he did say that their work would be spread across ATK's Bacchus, Utah, campus, which is near Magna, and the company's primary rocket test facility in nearby Promontory, Utah.
The motors ATK is building for Orbital will be "large diameter," Lehr said — along the lines of the 3.7-meter-diameter solid boosters the company built for NASA's space shuttle program or the 3.2-meter-diameter solids it made for the U.S. Air Force's Titan 4 rocket. The casings for these motors would be made out of composite materials, similar to what ATK uses for its GEM series of solid boosters that are occasionally used on launches of United Launch Alliance's Delta 4 rocket.
ATK is the largest U.S. provider of solid-rocket motors. The company also has a long history with Orbital, providing the solid motors used on the latter's Pegasus, Taurus and Antares launch vehicles. ATK solids also power the interceptor boost vehicle Orbital builds under a subcontract for Boeing Co. for the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense program.

[Salo]

Chris Bergin: Orbital sign up ATK for solid partnership with Stratolaunch ALV
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/08/orbital-atk-solid-partnership-stratolaunch-alv/

[Apollo13]

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