Title :
Using the Black Sea as airspace for satellites launching
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Turbomachinery, COMOTI, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
The Black Sea could be used as safe space for launchings. It is analyzed the case of using the existing launch system of Orbital Corporation and a new, similar system with different carrier aircraft and different rocket. The dynamics of the single stage rocket on the ascending trajectory to low orbit (SSTO) together with the calculation of main dimensions and masses is analyzed. The obtained performances show that the Black Sea has enough space to ensure the frame for optimum launching of satellites from West to East. The rotation of Earth at the latitude of Black Sea ensures the satellization velocity at 7.6 km/s instead of 7.9.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; oceanographic regions; Black Sea; Earth rotation; Orbital Corporation; airspace; satellites launching; satellization velocity; velocity 7.6 km/s; velocity 7.9 km/s; Aerodynamics; Air safety; Aircraft manufacture; Low earth orbit satellites; Orbital calculations; Rockets; Sea coast; Sea surface; Space missions; Turbomachinery; Black Sea; aircraft launching; low orbit; satellite;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2009. RAST '09. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3627-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3628-6
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2009.5158249
