Apogee / AirLaunch LLC / Air-Launch Technologies Robert P. Hoyt* Tethers Unlimited Inc. / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
American Institute of Aeronautics / /
IndustryTerm
transportation system designs / energy vis-viva energy period station rotation / energy density capabilities / conventional launch technologies / energy vis-viva energy orbit period tether rotation / responsive launch systems / orbital energy / radar imaging / energy storage subsystems / communications services / rocket hardware / higher energy orbit / tether systems / launch systems / space control applications / responsive launch applications / air-launch rocket systems / vis-viva energy orbit period tether rotation period rotation ratio / transportation costs / conventional chemical rocket propulsion system / orbit applications / technology efforts / large total transportation cost savings / timely communications / transportation system architecture / in-space transportation system component / long-duration continuous access communications / less expensive hardware / energy / /
Organization
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Magic / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Department of Defense / / /
Responsive Launch of Small Spacecraft Using Reusable In-Space Tether and Air-Launch Technologies Robert P. Hoyt* Tethers Unlimited, Inc., Bothell, WA, Achieving dramatic reductions in launch costs below the curren