Non-rocket spacelaunch refers to theoretical concepts for launch into space where much of the speed and altitude needed to achieve orbit is provided by...

flight. Liftoff is of two main types: rocket launch (the current conventional method), and non-rocket spacelaunch (where other forms of propulsion are...

structure. Space guns could thus potentially provide a method of non-rocket spacelaunch. It has been conjectured that space guns could place satellites...

as the main character explores the titular city. Rocket sled Laser propulsion Non-rocket spacelaunch Silbervogel Spaceplane StarTram Inductrack Railgun...

mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a proposed method of non-rocket spacelaunch which would use a linear motor to accelerate and catapult payloads...

scramjet combustion processes. It is thought to be possible to achieve non-rocket spacelaunch with this technology. It consists of a long tube (barrel) filled...

and with the help of computer-controlled control tethers. Non-rocket spacelaunch Rocket sled launch Vactrain High altitude platform station as a space...

A liquid-propellant rocket or liquid rocket uses a rocket engine burning liquid propellants. (Alternate approaches use gaseous or solid propellants.)...

Launch vehicle – Rocket used to carry a spacecraft into space List of rocket launch sites Missile launch facility Non-rocket spacelaunch Pad abort test –...

The highest specific impulse chemical rockets use liquid propellants (liquid-propellant rockets). They can consist of a single chemical (a monopropellant)...

each end, which support it. Launch loops are intended to achieve non-rocket spacelaunch of vehicles weighing 5 metric tons by electromagnetically accelerating...

of substantially reducing the cost of getting to orbit. Proposed non-rocket spacelaunch launch-assist mechanisms include: Skyhook (requires reusable suborbital...

/ c {\displaystyle F=P/c} if mass-free energy is ejected. For a photon rocket the efficiency is too small to be competitive. Other technologies may have...

The nuclear electric rocket terminology is slightly inconsistent, as technically the "rocket" part of the propulsion system is non-nuclear and could also...

such object. Quicklaunch, proposed by SHARP scientist John Hunter. Non-rocket spacelaunch Project HARP Verneshot Operation Plumbbob Wade, Mark. "SHARP at...

within a few years. Except for specialized rocket research vehicles like the North American X-15 and other rocket-powered spacecraft, aircraft top speeds...

for addressing this issue include, fully reusable launch systems, non-rocket spacelaunch, momentum exchange tethers, and space elevators. Interstellar travel...

developing a light-gas gun concept Spaceflight portal Gerald Bull Non-rocket spacelaunch "How We Get To Next - How We Get To Next". 8 February 2018. "Home...

In a traditional nuclear photonic rocket, an onboard nuclear reactor would generate such high temperatures that the blackbody radiation from the reactor...

low inductance coil to propel the projectile forward. Some designs have non-ferromagnetic projectiles, of materials such as aluminium or copper, with...

The pressure-fed engine is a class of rocket engine designs. A separate gas supply, usually helium, pressurizes the propellant tanks to force fuel and...

The fission-fragment rocket is a rocket engine design that directly harnesses hot nuclear fission products for thrust, as opposed to using a separate fluid...

expense over many payloads, or reducing rocket performance requirements by constructing a non-rocket spacelaunch system for part of the velocity to orbit...

solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). The earliest rockets were solid-fuel rockets powered...

projectiles impacted the desert floor. Ram accelerator Project Babylon Non-rocket spacelaunch Electrothermal-chemical technology Plasma railgun Coilgun Kinetic...

Spacebuzz project was unveiled in Hilversum, Netherlands. Within a mobile, rocket-shaped vehicle more than 15 metres (49 ft) in length, Spacebuzz's nine moving...

possible, in theory, from the point of view of the traveler. For example, a rocket that accelerated at standard acceleration due to gravity toward the Andromeda...

launched from the fast-moving tip into orbit. Other concepts for non-rocket spacelaunch related to a space elevator (or parts of a space elevator) include...

rocket (NTR) is a type of thermal rocket where the heat from a nuclear reaction replaces the chemical energy of the propellants in a chemical rocket....

A hybrid-propellant rocket is a rocket with a rocket motor that uses rocket propellants in two different phases: one solid and the other either gas or...