Patent ID: 11946727
Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A system for launching a projectile towards a target, the system comprising:
a control circuitry;
a booster engine; and
one or more thrusters adapted to be connected to the projectile and capable of being spun during launch around a longitudinal axis of the projectile, the control circuitry being operatively connected to the one or more thrusters;
wherein the booster engine is configured such that ignition of propellant stowed in a combustion chamber of the booster engine, initiates a sequential execution of a first burning phase, a second burning phase and a third burning phase of the propellant; wherein during the first burning phase the projectile is ejected from a cell and wherein thrust generated by burning of the propellant during the second burning phase is lower than the thrust generated during the first and the third burning phases;
wherein the control circuitry is configured to activate during the second burning phase the one or more thrusters; wherein upon the activation, the projectile begins to turn in a certain deflection azimuth that is dependent on activation timing.