An air‐breathing RP Laser Launcher has been proposed as the alternative to conventional chemical launch systems. This paper analytically examines the feasibility of SSTO system powered by RP lasers. The trajectory from the ground to the geosynchronous orbit is computed and the launch cost including laser‐base development is estimated. The engine performance is evaluated by CFD computations and a cycle analysis. The results show that the beam power of 2.3MW per unit initial vehicle mass is optimum to reach a geo‐synchronous transfer orbit, and 3,000 launches are necessary to redeem the cost for laser transmitter.


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    Titel :

    Analytical Study on Flight Performance of a RP Laser Launcher


    Beteiligte:
    Katsurayama, H. (Autor:in) / Ushio, M. (Autor:in) / Komurasaki, K. (Autor:in) / Arakawa, Y. (Autor:in) / Pakhomov, Andrew V. (Herausgeber:in) / Myrabo, Leik N. (Herausgeber:in)

    Kongress:

    BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION: Third International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion ; 2004 ; Troy, New York (USA)


    Erschienen in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 766 , 1 ; 117-127


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    27.04.2005


    Format / Umfang :

    11 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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