COBO project: nanosatellite stratospheric launch system
- Paper number
IAC-17,D2,7,2,x40821
- Year
2017
- Abstract
We present a study of the flight path trajectory of a multistage rocket launched from an ultra-high altitude balloon in Mexican territory placing a small satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This to achieve a low-cost nanosatellite launch method, independent of current launchers taking into account specific values related with the performance of rockets that could be derived from the output of national industry. The necessary calculations regarding the previous modeling of the rocket and balloon are presented, and the benefits in comparison with current launching methods are discussed. The project is named COBO that stands for “COhete” and “gloBO” (rocket and balloon in Spanish, respectively).
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