MEANS FOR USE IN ROCKET LAUNCHING

摘要

Means for use in rocket launching, and possibly transport of a rocket, wherein the rocket contains a payload (5) which shall be transported into space, consists of a floating structure (20), with facilities for receiving the rocket in a horizontal position and raising it into a vertical position (27) for launching. All or substantially all the means which are necessary in order to prepare the rocket for launching are located on board the floating structure (20), and the floating structure (20) has a hoisting device (24), and possibly a hangar (25) for moving the rocket in a horizontal position from a ship (1) to the deck (29) of the floating structure.