Super-staged and continuously staged rocket
OwnerAndrew F. Knightinventor
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Abstract
A super-staged rocket includes at least approximately 50 rocket engines, where the engines are distributed according to at least one of: at least five multi-engine stages connected in series, each stage including at least ten engines connected in parallel; and at least five multi-stage units connected in parallel, each unit including at least five engines connected in series.
Claims12
A super-staged rocket comprising at least approximately 50 rocket engines, each one of the engines comprising propellant having a predetermined shape and a nozzle formed as part of the predetermined shape, wherein said engines are distributed according to at least one of:
- a) at least five multi-engine stages connected in series, each stage comprising at least ten engines connected in parallel;
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- b) at least five multi-stage units connected in parallel, each unit comprising at least five engines connected in series.
A super-staged rocket, comprising:
- at least one of:
- a plurality of multi-engine stages, each multi-engine stage comprising a plurality of rocket engines;
- and a plurality of multi-stage units, each multi-stage unit comprising a plurality of rocket engines, whereby the super-staged rocket comprises a total number of rocket engines,
- wherein each one of the engines comprises propellant having a predetermined shape and a nozzle formed as part of the predetermined shape,
- wherein for each rocket engine of at least most of the total number of rocket engines, an ignition of said each rocket engine is caused by completion of a burn of a corresponding rocket engine of an adjacent lower stage,
- wherein a time of said ignition is randomly distributed with respect to ignitions of other rocket engines in a same or corresponding stage of said each rocket engine due to a random distribution of burn times of corresponding rocket engines in said adjacent lower stage or stages corresponding to said adjacent lower stage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.