METHOD FOR ORBIT INJECTION OF PAYLOAD BY MULTIFUNCTIONAL LAUNCH VEHICLE OF COMBINATION ARRANGEMENT WITH CRUISE LIQUID- PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE INSTALLATIONS (LREI), MULTIFUNCTIONAL LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH CRUISE LPEI AND METHOD FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: rocket-space engineering, applicable in development of transportation systems designed for earth-orbit injection of various space vehicles. SUBSTANCE: a combination arrangement of launch vehicle is formed with a lower polypod pack of similar rocket pods. The cruise LPEIs of the central and side rocket pods are started, and the LPEIs operate in accordance with the injection program. The LPEI thrust is reduced for adjustment of inertia and aerodynamic loads on the launch vehicle. The side rocket pods are mounted on the central one symmetrically relative to its longitudinal axis in the sectors formed by the rolling planes of the central pod LPEI. After manufacture of the central rocket pod it is subjected to ground and flight-design tests, as part of the tandem arrangement launch vehicle inclusive. Then, this pod is used for formation of the above lower polypod pack. EFFECT: expanded range of masses of orbit injected payloads. 8 cl, 11 dwg