DEVICE FOR FASTENING LAUNCH-VEHICLE ON SUPPORTS OF LOAD-LIFTING BOOM OF TRANSPORTATION-MOUNTING FACILITY Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: launch-vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to ground equipment of launching sites of launch-vehicles, particularly to devices for fastening launch vehicles on load-lifting booms of transportation-mounted facilities. Proposed device contains two load-bearing rods arranged at both sides of load-lifting boom and hinge coupled by some ends through balancing device with load-lifting boom, and by other ends, with fastening units on both sides of launch-vehicle. With launch-vehicle in vertical position, load-bearing rods take up weight of vehicle. In proposed device load-bearing rods are secured on units of launch-vehicle forming angle of tilting to vertical at vertical position of launch-vehicle for pressing launch-vehicle to supports on load-lifting boom with forced exceeding designed wind load on launch-vehicle applied from side of load-lifting boom. This force corresponds to horizontal components of weight of said launch-vehicle in units of fastening of both load-bearing rods to launch-vehicle.

EFFECT: improved reliability of device.

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