Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combustible outgassing material lined altitude compensating rocket nozzle
- Patent Title (中): 可燃除气材料内衬高度补偿火箭喷嘴
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Application No.: US09942238Application Date: 2001-08-29
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Publication No.: US07815146B2Publication Date: 2010-10-19
- Inventor: Gary F. Hawkins , John W. Murdock
- Applicant: Gary F. Hawkins , John W. Murdock
- Applicant Address: US CA El Segundo
- Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
- Current Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA El Segundo
- Main IPC: B64F1/04
- IPC: B64F1/04 ; F02K9/00

Abstract:
A fixed sized bell rocket nozzle is lined with a layer of combustible material that is ignited during launch ignition and burns to outgas into the rocket exhaust for spatially variably confining the exhaust and perfecting an effective variably sized altitude compensating exhaust nozzle that maximizes lift during the launch of a spacecraft into orbit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090133405A1 Combustible outgassing material lined altitude compensating rocket nozzle Public/Granted day:2009-05-28
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