Patent ID: 9656768
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,B64G

Claim:
1. An orbiter launch system comprises: a launch system transporter; an orbiter launch assembly; the launch system transporter comprising a fuselage, a first vertical stabilizer, a second vertical stabilizer, a first tailwheel, and a second tailwheel; the orbiter launch assembly comprising an orbiter support structure and a launching trough; the fuselage being adjacently connected to the orbiter support structure; the fuselage being positioned along the orbiter support structure opposite the first vertical stabilizer and the second vertical stabilizer; the first vertical stabilizer and the second vertical stabilizer being positioned opposite each other across the orbiter support structure; the first tailwheel being terminally connected to the first vertical stabilizer opposite the orbiter support structure; the second tailwheel being terminally connected to the second vertical stabilizer opposite the orbiter support structure; the launching trough being adjacently connected to the orbiter support structure opposite the fuselage, the first vertical stabilizer, and the second vertical stabilizer; and the launching trough being positioned along the orbital support structure.