Low cost rocket
View Patent ↗A low-cost rocket includes an atmospheric flight part and an exo-atmospheric flight part, and uses the atmospheric air part to ascend into the atmosphere through the use of propellers for the atmospheric portion of the flight. The atmospheric flight part separates from the exo-atmospheric flight part in the vicinity of the exo-atmosphere and the exo-atmospheric rocket is launched thereupon. The atmospheric flight part descends through the atmosphere using autorotation of the propellers and, if necessary, a soft landing can be affected by controlling the pitch of the propellers just prior to landing.
1. A low-cost rocket separately utilizing an atmosphere and an exo-atmosphere, comprising:
an atmospheric flight part configured to control ascent of the low cost rocket in the atmosphere using air and including at least two propeller units configured to control descent of the atmospheric flight part, each propeller unit being configured on an opposite end of the atmospheric flight part with respect to another propeller unit; and
an exo-atmospheric flight part provided with a rocket and configured to separate from the atmospheric flight part after reaching the exo-atmosphere and control ascent of the low-cost rocket into the exo-atmospheric by using the rocket,
wherein the atmospheric flight part descends and lands on Earth after separation from the exo-atmospheric part using air and propellers of each of the propeller units.
2. The low-cost rocket of claim 1 , wherein the atmospheric flight part ascends using the propellers or jet engines which use air without using ground-launched rockets and their fuel.
3. The low-cost rocket of claim 2 , wherein the propeller units are disposed in a wide-legged position with respect each other on the of the atmospheric flight part, which allows for ascent, descent, and landing in a stable fashion, and launching of the low-cost rocket vertically or at a predetermined angle into the exo-atmosphere.
4. The low-cost rocket of claim 1 , wherein the atmospheric flight part and exo-atmospheric flight part separate in the vicinity of the exo-atmosphere and the low-cost rocket flies in the exo-atmosphere using the rocket, which is an exo-atmospheric rocket.
5. The low-cost rocket of claim 2 , wherein, if needed, propeller pitch control is performed on each of the propeller units in the vicinity of the ground of the Earth to control the descent and achieve a safe landing, facilitating repeated reuse of the atmospheric flight part.
6. The low-cost rocket of claim 5 , wherein propeller pitch control is performed on each of the propeller units independently from other propeller units of the atmospheric flight part.
7. The low-cost rocket of claim 1 , wherein the atmospheric flight part uses the air of the atmosphere for autorotation of the propellers of the propeller units during descent.
8. The low-cost rocket of claim 1 , wherein each propeller unit includes a propeller engine for controlling rotation of the propellers.