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US 2025/0066041 A1Published application
Vehicle launch system and method
Assignee8 Rivers Capital, LLC
InventorMiles R. Palmer
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a launch system and method. The launch system and method can include at least a preliminary accelerator tube system (PAT) that can be combined with one or more of a main accelerator tube system (MAT), a flight test tube, or a soft catch. The PAT alone or combined with the MAT can be used for launch of a vehicle for testing and/or for delivery of a payload.
Claims25
A system comprising:
- a preliminary accelerator tube configured to accelerate a vehicle therethrough;
- a flight test tube arranged to receive the vehicle from the preliminary accelerator tube and configured to test one or more flight properties of the vehicle;
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- a soft catch arranged to receive the vehicle from the flight test tube and configured to decelerate the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.