Rocket engine including a lashing device
AssigneeArianegroup SAS
InventorsAlain PYRE, Gérard ROZ
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Abstract
A rocket engine benefiting from better behavior during its starting stage, the rocket engine (1) including a diverging section (13) and a lashing system (40) configured to hold the diverging section (13) while starting the rocket engine (1), the lashing system (40) comprising: a plurality of radial cables (42) connected at respective first ends to a plurality of points of the diverging section (13), and a peripheral cable (41) connected to the second ends of the radial cables (42) and configured to co-operate with attachment points (43) of a launch platform (3).
Claims13
A rocket engine including a diverging section and a lashing system configured to hold the diverging section while starting the rocket engine, the lashing system comprising:
- a plurality of radial cables connected at respective first ends to a plurality of points of the diverging section;
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- a peripheral cable connected to the second ends of the radial cables and configured to co-operate with attachment points of a launch platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.