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...

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

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

An arcjet rocket or arcjet thruster is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, in which an electrical discharge (arc) is created in a flow...

then be reboosted to its original altitude by electromagnetic propulsion, rocket propulsion, or by deorbiting another object with the same kinetic energy...

reaction mass. This form of propulsion differs from a conventional chemical rocket where both energy and reaction mass come from the solid or liquid propellants...

pieces to be connected together once in orbit. Megascale engineering Non-rocket spacelaunch Niven Ring (in the novel Ringworld): orbital ring around a star...

field. The Bussard ramjet can thus be seen as a ramjet variant of a fusion rocket.[citation needed] The Bussard ramjet was proposed in 1960 by the physicist...

/ 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...

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

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

A radioisotope rocket or radioisotope thermal rocket is a type of thermal rocket engine that uses the heat generated by the decay of radioactive elements...

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....

nuclear pulse propulsion, fission-fragment rocket, fusion rocket, beamed solar sail, and antimatter rocket. The benefits of interstellar travel include...

have also been proposed. Rockets are momentum machines; they use mass ejected from the rocket to provide momentum to the rocket. Momentum is the product...

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

cannot get into space on their own, and require a launch vehicle (carrier rocket). On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a space vehicle enters space and then returns...

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

if 100% of the input microwave power were converted to thrust. Ad Astra Rocket Company is developing the VASIMR. Canadian company Nautel is producing the...

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

three clustered Rocketdyne RS-25 main engines, a pair of recoverable solid rocket boosters (SRBs), and the expendable external tank (ET) containing liquid...

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...

spacecraft must rely on other methods such as conventional chemical rockets or non-rocket launch technologies to reach their initial orbit. The first person...

it lost its independence twice, first being absorbed into the Strategic Rocket Forces from 1997–2001 and 2001–2011, then it merged with the Russian Air...

during reentry or discarded in space. ELVs typically consist of several rocket stages that are discarded sequentially as their fuel is exhausted and the...

tripropellant rocket is a rocket that uses three propellants, as opposed to the more common bipropellant rocket or monopropellant rocket designs, which...

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

List of orbital launch systems Lists of rockets List of sounding rockets List of upper stages Non-rocket spacelaunch There are many different methods. Each...

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