STRATOSPHERIC PLATFORM FOR LAUNCHING OBJECTS IN SPACE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B64B1/50 B64G5/00 

FIELD: aviation.

SUBSTANCE: stratospheric platform contains a body in the form of several balls joined together in an annular structure with envelopes of ultra-thin film filled with helium. A titanium annular pipe is suspended to the body on a set of evenly distributed slings. Slings with locks are connected to the pipe to hold the launchable object, for example, a rocket vehicle. The platform is equipped with a helium purification system in the form of tubes of gas extraction out of balls and helium pumping tubes for balls. Pipes are connected to a cleaning station on the surface of the planet and are supported on weight by smaller balls also connected to the helium purification system. The platform is connected by electrically conductive cables to the surface of the planet. By regulating the lifting force of the balls, multiple ascent into the stratosphere and descent of the platform onto the surface of the planet are made. By means of the platform the full-time atmospheric surveillance and other geophysical and technological surveys can be made.

EFFECT: creation of a universal airborne vehicle for the economical, reusable launch of space objects of a large launch mass.

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