Green Launch

Green Launch is an American aerospace company developing alternative space launch technologies based on ground-based "impulse launchers" designed to reduce the

Green Launch

Green Launch is an American aerospace company developing alternative space launch technologies based on ground-based "impulse launchers" designed to reduce the cost of sending payloads into orbit. The company focuses on replacing the first stage of traditional rockets with hydrogen-powered light-gas launch systems that accelerate payloads from the ground before a secondary propulsion stage places them into orbit.[1][2][3][4]

History

Green Launch targets small, acceleration-tolerant payloads such as CubeSats and aims to provide low-cost and rapid launch services, including suborbital missions for hypersonic testing and atmospheric research.[5][1] The concept builds on technologies previously developed in NASA and U.S. Air Force testing facilities over several decades.[5]

In December 2021, the company conducted a test of a vertical hydrogen light-gas launcher at Yuma Proving Ground, accelerating a projectile to speeds exceeding Mach 3 as a proof of concept for future space launch applications.[6]

Green Launch plans to scale this technology toward reaching the Karman line and eventually enabling orbital delivery of small payloads.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Green Launch". New Space Tracker.
  2. ^ "Hypersonic Launch Featuring Propellant Capture with Suppressed Acoustic and Heat Signature - Create the Future". contest.techbriefs.com.
  3. ^ "Green Launch запустит спутники на орбиту при помощи гиперзвуковой пушки".
  4. ^ Blain, Loz (April 14, 2022). "Hypersonic space cannon promises 10 minutes from ground to orbit". New Atlas.
  5. ^ a b "Home - Green Launch".
  6. ^ "U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground helps private industry customer reach new heights". www.army.mil. February 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Phases - Green Launch". November 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Peak Efficient Access to Orbit – Light-Gas Impulse Launch" (PDF). www.hou.usra.edu.
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