Analysis of Suitability of Fixed-wing Aircraft for Launching Satellites into Low Earth Orbit

• Autorzy: Koruba Zbigniew , Kuleshov Nikolay , Kravchenko Sergey , Shestakov Vladimir

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0054.4485

Warianty tytułu

PL

Analiza przydatności pojazdów powietrznych, wyposażonych w skrzydła, do wystrzeliwania satelitów na niską orbitę okołoziemską

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The use of near-Earth space for scientific and commercial purposes has skyrocketed in recent years. However, progress continues to be hampered by the cost and availability of vehicles relied upon for delivering payloads to the Earth’s orbit. The Riga Technical University (Latvia), with the assistance of the Technological University in Kielce (Poland), is developing a concept of a novel payload launch system. The implications of such a system for launching payloads into low Earth orbit (LEO) are presented in the article. The system, intended for launching small spacecraft, comprises the A319 MPA transport airplane used as a platform aircraft and a three-stage payload carrier, codenamed LatLaunch. The first and second stages of the three-stage launch vehicle are unmanned winged aircraft. The third stage is a classic rocket which, once dropped from the launch platform, takes the payload to a specific height, at a given rate of speed and at a predetermined trajectory angle. The article presents the results of a study focusing on designing this system.

PL

Przedstawiono wyniki prac nad koncepcją systemu wynoszenia małych statków kosmicznych na niskie orbity okołoziemskie (LEO). Ten system startowy małych statków kosmicznych obejmuje samolot transportowy A319MPA jako samolot platformowy oraz trzystopniowy mały nośnik pojazdów latających o nazwie LatLaunch. Pierwszy i drugi stopień trzystopniowego nośnika małego statku kosmicznego to uskrzydlone statki powietrzne. Trzeci stopień to klasyczna rakieta, która po zrzuceniu przenosi ładunek na określoną wysokość z zadaną prędkością i kątem trajektorii. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań nad tworzeniem tego systemu. Zastosowano metody aerodynamiki naddźwiękowej i trójwymiarowego modelowania. W wyniku obliczeń i trójwymiarowego modelowania powstał schemat LatLaunch, który umożliwia zintegrowanie go z platformą powietrzną - trzeci stopień rakiety jest warunkowo przesunięty z wewnętrznego przedziału drugiego stopnia.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

aircraft platform; satellite launch system; launch stage; launch system; waverider

PL

platforma samolotu; system startowy satelity; etap startu; system startowy

• Wydawca: Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Problemy Mechatroniki : uzbrojenie, lotnictwo, inżynieria bezpieczeństwa
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 15, Nr 1 (55)
• Strony: 9--20
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Koruba Zbigniew

• Kielce University of Technology, 7 Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego Av., 25-314 Kielce, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0715-593X

autor

Kuleshov Nikolay

• Cryogenic and Vacuum Systems, 7/9 Andreja Str., Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-9458

autor

Kravchenko Sergey

• Cryogenic and Vacuum Systems, 7/9 Andreja Str., Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5325-9604

autor

Shestakov Vladimir

• Cryogenic and Vacuum Systems, 7/9 Andreja Str., Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0822-9446

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Uwagi

1. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).

2. This research was funded by the Aeronautics Institute of the Riga Technical University (Latvia), under the project “Design and Modelling of Aerospace for Launching Pico- and Nano Satellites to Low Earth Orbit” (LatLaunch, project No. Lzp-2018/2-0344) and was completed with the assistance of the Kielce University of Technology (Kielce, Poland).