Towed glider air-launch system
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title:
Towed glider air-launch system
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Towed glider air-launch system 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. Both the glider and tow plane are reusable. The system, compared to other designs such as Swiss Space Systems' SOAR spaceplane and Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo vehicle, is launched from a glider. This design emulates an air-launched
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NASA designed system to launch vehicles into space orbit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towed_glider_air-launch_system
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2023-03-09T10:21:38Z
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