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GB2591653B - In-flight transfer of reactant from a towing or carrying airplane to an attached rocket or rocketplane - Google Patents

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GB2591653B
GB2591653B GB2103317.0A GB202103317A GB2591653B GB 2591653 B GB2591653 B GB 2591653B GB 202103317 A GB202103317 A GB 202103317A GB 2591653 B GB2591653 B GB 2591653B
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A Burgener John
Lee Delong Daniel
Burnside Clapp Mitchell
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D3/00—Aircraft adaptations to facilitate towing or being towed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/40—Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
    • B64G1/402—Propellant tanks; Feeding propellants
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C37/00—Convertible aircraft
    • B64C37/02—Flying units formed by separate aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D39/00—Refuelling during flight
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D5/00—Aircraft transported by aircraft, e.g. for release or reberthing during flight
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/002—Launch systems
    • B64G1/005—Air launch
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/14—Space shuttles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/40—Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
    • B64G1/401—Liquid propellant rocket engines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/64—Systems for coupling or separating cosmonautic vehicles or parts thereof, e.g. docking arrangements
    • B64G1/648—Tethers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/40—Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
    • B64G1/411—Electric propulsion
    • B64G1/413—Ion or plasma engines

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PCT/US2018/051797 WO2020060549A1 (en) 2018-09-19 2018-09-19 In-flight transfer of reactant from a towing or carrying airplane to an attached rocket or rocketplane

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Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2388013A (en) * 1942-03-25 1945-10-30 Rasor Orval Airplane towing mechanism
US5295642A (en) * 1991-11-08 1994-03-22 Spread Spectrum, Inc. High altitude launch platform payload launching apparatus and method
US5626310A (en) * 1994-11-21 1997-05-06 Kelly Space & Technology, Inc. Space launch vehicles configured as gliders and towed to launch altitude by conventional aircraft
US6119985A (en) * 1997-03-07 2000-09-19 Pioneer Rocketplane Corporation Reusable rocket-propelled high altitude airplane and method and apparatus for mid-air oxidizer transfer to said airplane
US20050067524A1 (en) * 2003-09-29 2005-03-31 Johansen Dana R. Method and system for accelerating an object
US7878455B2 (en) * 2007-11-19 2011-02-01 Eads Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A. Refueling boom with backup raising cable
US20110024548A1 (en) * 2009-07-31 2011-02-03 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Launching system and launching apparatus
US9227735B2 (en) * 2013-04-11 2016-01-05 The Boeing Company Aerial refueling system and method
US20180265211A1 (en) * 2017-03-16 2018-09-20 John A. Burgener In-flight transfer of reactant from a towing or carrying airplane to an attached rocket or rocketplane
US20190168887A1 (en) * 2017-03-16 2019-06-06 John A. Burgener In-flight transfer of reactant from a towing or carrying airplane to an attached rocket or rocketplane

Patent Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2388013A (en) * 1942-03-25 1945-10-30 Rasor Orval Airplane towing mechanism
US5295642A (en) * 1991-11-08 1994-03-22 Spread Spectrum, Inc. High altitude launch platform payload launching apparatus and method
US5626310A (en) * 1994-11-21 1997-05-06 Kelly Space & Technology, Inc. Space launch vehicles configured as gliders and towed to launch altitude by conventional aircraft
US6119985A (en) * 1997-03-07 2000-09-19 Pioneer Rocketplane Corporation Reusable rocket-propelled high altitude airplane and method and apparatus for mid-air oxidizer transfer to said airplane
US20050067524A1 (en) * 2003-09-29 2005-03-31 Johansen Dana R. Method and system for accelerating an object
US7878455B2 (en) * 2007-11-19 2011-02-01 Eads Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A. Refueling boom with backup raising cable
US20110024548A1 (en) * 2009-07-31 2011-02-03 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Launching system and launching apparatus
US9227735B2 (en) * 2013-04-11 2016-01-05 The Boeing Company Aerial refueling system and method
US20180265211A1 (en) * 2017-03-16 2018-09-20 John A. Burgener In-flight transfer of reactant from a towing or carrying airplane to an attached rocket or rocketplane
US20190168887A1 (en) * 2017-03-16 2019-06-06 John A. Burgener In-flight transfer of reactant from a towing or carrying airplane to an attached rocket or rocketplane

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