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AIR LAUNCHED VEHICLE [2 records]

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Record 1 2003-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

In 1979, Boeing and the US Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory proposed a small unmanned "Air-Launched Sortie Vehicle", ALSV consisting of a reusable spaceplane and a huge expendable propellant tank. The vehicle could overfly any point on Earth within 90 minutes of the launch order and also perform other military missions such as satellite inspection. It then returns to a military airbase and lands horizontally like the Space Shuttle.

Key term(s)
  • air launched sortie vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

Pegasus can launch from ocean locations or from an isolated island like Hawaii and insert satellites into virtually any orbital inclination.

Key term(s)
  • air launched vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
CONT

Par ailleurs, un tir du lanceur aéroporté Pegase est prévu en juin avec le satellite TOMS-EP de la NASA.

Spanish

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