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Towed glider air-launch system (abbv. TGALS) is a NASA-designed two-stage air-launched reusable launch system currently in development at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. The system uses a glider, tow plane, and rocket and is designed to carry small satellites to orbit. [2] Both the glider and tow plane are reusable. [3] [4]
In modern systems fitted on aircraft carriers, a piston, known as a shuttle, is propelled down a long cylinder under steam pressure. The aircraft is attached to the shuttle using a tow bar or launch bar mounted to the nose landing gear (an older system used a steel cable called a catapult bridle; the forward ramps on older carrier bows were ...
The system uses a 22 kW compact outrunner brushless DC electric motor located in the nose of the sailplane. Power is provided by two lithium-ion battery packs. Lighter gliders are able to self-launch with FES. Heavier gliders can use it as a sustainer system, i.e. climb and cruise sufficiently high and far to avoid an out-landing.
ABL Space Systems was founded in 2017 by Harry O'Hanley and Dan Piemont, former SpaceX and Morgan Stanley employees. Their RS-1 rocket has two stages. It offers a maximum capacity of 1,350 kg (2,980 lb) to low Earth orbit (LEO). [3] In 2018, ABL Space Systems signed a lease with Camden County, Georgia, for future operations in Spaceport Camden. [4]
It is of the FAI type DU Class glider. It is sold by Alisport ready-to-fly or kit-built as pure glider or self-launching glider. [1] The self-launching version is fitted with a single-blade propeller belt-driven by a two-stroke engine. One Silent 2, two Silent 2 electrics and 25 Silent 2 Self-Launch models had been completed and flown by the ...
The remaining propulsion capacity after a take-off to 600 m (with a gross weight of 477 kg) will provide a further rate of climb of 2.5 m/s (492 ft/min) to an altitude of 2200 m (7200 ft) and a range of 125 km (77 mi) using a "climb and glide" method. The glider can be flown in the Standard class or in the 18 metre Class.
It was designed to be easy to ground handle, launch and fly in very light winds from a shallow hill. [2] It is made from 7075-T6 aluminum tubing, with the control bar and kingpost made from 6061-T6 aluminum. The single-surface wing is covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 39.0 ft (11.9 m) span wing is cable braced from a single kingpost
In 1936, Woody Brown became the first person to launch a glider from the top of the cliffs and land back on the top, thus opening Torrey Pines Gliderport. Between 1936 and 1940, the gliderport was so popular that San Diego Mayor Percy J. Benbough dedicated the gliderport "to the youth of California" on January 1, 1939.