A research program to study airborne launch to space

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 486-490

  McNab, I R ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic launch to space; Microsatellite; Railgun

Indexed keywords

CARGO AIRCRAFT; CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS); ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS; MISSILE LAUNCHING SYSTEMS; PROJECTILES; RAIL GUNS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

AEROTHERMAL HEATING; AEROTHERMAL LOADS; ENERGY RATINGS; MICROSATELLITES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33846236437     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.887447     Document Type: Article

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