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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2010
David James Kirshman, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Darren Alec Fricker, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
James Francis Lebar, Castle Rock, CO (US);
David James Kirshman, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Darren Alec Fricker, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
James Francis LeBar, Castle Rock, CO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for launching a space vehicle. Operation of a first portion of a plurality of rocket engines associated with a space vehicle is started such that a flow of a gas is initiated through a duct system under the plurality of rocket engines. The gas is located in an area near the plurality of rocket engines. Operation of a second portion of the plurality of rocket engines associated with the space vehicle is started after the flow of the gas begins traveling through the duct system to launch the space vehicle.