Video: Use a jet to support the rocket launch process

Since 2011, the Advanced Defense Projects Agency (DARPA) has begun developing a technique to use airplanes to support rocket launch into space (ALASA) to bring small satellites into space at low cost. .

After nearly four years of research, DARPA recently released a video describing the process of launching small satellites into space. As you can see in the video, the small, lightweight, light-weight rocket will initially be installed under a jet. This jet will take the rocket up to a certain height, after having achieved the required altitude and acceleration, the rocket will detach, activate the propulsion and bring the satellite into orbit.

By using jet aircraft to assist in the "first stage" , people just need to use compact, less fuel-efficient boosters and, of course, higher economic efficiency.

The ALASA development team said their approach will only cost about $ 1 million for each launch (compared to SpaceX's technology of $ 55 million and this is also the cheapest price ever). Another advantage of the technique is that each missile only takes up to 24 hours to build, ready to perform the task.

This is seen as a promising rocket launch solution, which helps not only government and military organizations but also private firms also have conditions to bring satellites to orbit with low cost.

The video describes how to use a jet to support the launch of a rocket to bring the satellite into orbit: