Payload launching system

A payload launching system comprising a cable, an end portion of said cable being adapted for releasably coupling with a rocket, a rotary member adapted for rotation on an axis and drive means for disengageably engaging with the rotary member so as to rotate the rotary member on the axis, the rotary member being provided with a surface for receiving a portion of the cable remote from the rocket, the surface having a curved profile with a radial dimension which increases progressively from said axis in an arcuate direction of said axis, and means for engaging a portion of said cable remote from the rocket with the rotary member, while said rotary member is rotating, so that the portion of said cable remote from the rocket locates on said surface, while an end portion of said cable remote from the rocket is restrained at a location on the rotary member adjacent to a centre of the rotary member, and transferring means between the cable and the rocket, said transferring means being adapted to transfer the pulling force from the cable to said rocket, and the pulling force of the cable being applied to the rocket at points located on the rocket away from that particular point that is located on the rocket the most at the front of the front part of the rocket and at least one of said transferring means transferring the pulling force to the rocket at a point located on the rocket away from a base of the rocket.

A payload launching system comprising a first cable, an end portion of said cable being adapted for releasably coupling with a rocket, a rotary member adapted for rotation on an axis and drive means for disengageably engaging with the rotary member so as to rotate the rotary member on the axis, an additional rotary member adapted for rotation on a second axis, an end portion of said cable remote from the rocket being attached to the additional rotary member, and a second cable with an end portion which is attached to the additional rotary member, and the rotary member is provided with a surface for receiving a portion of the said second cable remote from the additional rotary member, and the surface has a curved profile, the radial dimension of which increases progressively from said axis in an arcuate direction of said axis, means for engaging a portion of said second cable remote from said additional rotary member with said rotary member, while said rotary member is rotating, so that the portion of the said second cable remote from said additional rotary member locates on said surface while the end portion of said second cable remote from the additional rotary member is restrained at a location on the rotary member adjacent to a centre of the rotary member, and transferring means between the first cable and the rocket, said transferring means adapted to transfer the pulling force from the first cable to said rocket, and the pulling force of the cable being applied to the rocket at multiple points, and said transferring means transferring said pulling force to the rocket at points located on the rocket away from that particular point that is located on the rocket the most at the front of the front part of the rocket, and at least one of the transferring means transferring the pulling force to the rocket at a point located on the rocket away from a base of the rocket.