GUIDING DEVICE FOR ROCKET LAUNCHING Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: rocketry, applicable in rocket complexes of different purpose. SUBSTANCE: guiding device for rocket launching uses a launching tube, rocket roll stabilizing device in the form of bulges on rocket body engageable with the guide surface inside the tube installed for simultaneous disengagement from it. The tube inner surface has recesses with end surfaces perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, facing the tube front end. In the area of bulges near the rear end the rocket is furnished with supports in the form of leaf springs, whose one end is fastened along the generating line of the rocket body, and the free end is turned in the direction opposite the rocket spinning. EFFECT: reduced initial disturbances of rocket and launcher disturbances at rocket launching. 2 dwg