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| ⚫ | | key_people = [[Mike Rowlings (engineer)|Mike Rowlings]] (Founder, CEO), Debra Facktor Lepore (President), [[Livingston Holder]] (Chief Program Executive), [[Curtis Gifford]] (Chief Operating Officer), [[Ralph Ewig]] (Chief Engineer) {{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} |
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| ⚫ | | products = [[Orbital spaceflight|Orbital]] [[rocket launch]]; [[Aerospace]] hardware |
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| ⚫ | | homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724205758/http://www.airlaunchllc.com/ www.airlaunchllc.com] |
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| ⚫ | | products = [[Orbital spaceflight|Orbital]] [[rocket launch]]; [[Aerospace]] hardware |
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| ⚫ | | homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724205758/http://www.airlaunchllc.com/ www.airlaunchllc.com] |
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'''AirLaunch''' |
'''AirLaunch''' is an [[aerospace]] design and development company headquartered in [[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]].{{When|date=February 2011}} They had hoped to provide [[Rocket launch|launch]] services for launching [[Payload (air and space craft)|payloads]] into [[Low earth orbit|orbits]] around the [[Earth]]. This was to be realized through a method called [[air launch]] where a rocket is carried to high altitude by an [[aircraft]] and then released for launch. The [[rocket engine]] is then ignited to launch the rocket (with its payload) into a [[low Earth orbit]] (LEO).{{full citation needed|date=November 2012}} |
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The principal advantage of a rocket being launched by a high flying airplane is that it need not fly through the low, dense atmosphere, the drag of which requires a considerable amount of extra [[Work (physics)|work]] and thus mass of propellant. Another advantage is to precisely launch a payload into any [[orbital inclination]] at any time, and from a much wider variety of geographic launch locations. |
The principal advantage of a rocket being launched by a high flying airplane is that it need not fly through the low, dense atmosphere, the drag of which requires a considerable amount of extra [[Work (physics)|work]] and thus mass of propellant. Another advantage is to precisely launch a payload into any [[orbital inclination]] at any time, and from a much wider variety of geographic launch locations. |
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==Falcon Small Launch Vehicle== |
==Falcon Small Launch Vehicle== |
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On June 14, 2006, the firm, in a [[DARPA]] sponsored test, dropped a {{convert|72000|lb|t}} dummy payload from the back of a [[C-17 Globemaster III|C-17]], a record-setting drop for the aircraft type.<ref> |
On June 14, 2006, the firm, in a [[DARPA]] sponsored test, dropped a {{convert|72000|lb|t}} dummy payload from the back of a [[C-17 Globemaster III|C-17]], a record-setting drop for the aircraft type.<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15614350_ITM DARPA, Air Force and AirLaunch LLC Drop Test Sets New C-17 Record]</ref>{{full citation needed|date=November 2012}} Airlaunch subsequently carried out upper stage propulsion development for the QuickReach orbital launch vehicle. The QuickReach vehicle is part of the Air Force and [[DARPA Falcon Project|DARPA Falcon Small Launch Vehicle Program]]. |
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== Conclusion of Falcon SLV program == |
== Conclusion of Falcon SLV program == |
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According to a DARPA document dated Oct 2008, the QuickReach phase 2C test firings were completed, and DARPA has concluded its SLV program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darpa.mil/Docs/Falcon-Blackswift%20FS%20Oct08.pdf |title=Falcon Technology Demonstration Program |publisher=DARPA |date=Oct 2008 |
According to a DARPA document dated Oct 2008, the QuickReach phase 2C test firings were completed, and DARPA has concluded its SLV program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darpa.mil/Docs/Falcon-Blackswift%20FS%20Oct08.pdf |title=Falcon Technology Demonstration Program |publisher=DARPA |date=Oct 2008}}</ref> |
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AirLaunch subsequently ceased operations in November 2008.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} |
AirLaunch subsequently ceased operations in November 2008.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} |
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