AVIATION LAUNCH COMPLEX FOR TRANSPORTATION, FILLING AND LAUNCH IN AIR OF LAUNCH VEHICLE

摘要

aeronautical engineering; transportation of large launch vehicles to area of optimal launch. SUBSTANCE: aviation complex includes carrier- aircraft with launch vehicle and spacecraft secured on it. Carrier-aircraft is provided with additional lifting wing mounted in succession relative to main lifting wing. Traction engines are suspended from wings. Engines of additional wing are shifted in staggered order relative to engines of main wing. Fuselage is provided with common cargo compartment where instruments, filling systems, launch preparation and control system are arranged. Carrier-aircraft undercarriage is sectional; it consists of nose section, front, intermediate and rear sections. EFFECT: increase of cargo carrying capacity of production launch vehicle by at least two times. 12 cl, 3 dwg