Patent ID: 6868769

Claim:
A rocket assisted payload launch system comprising: a) a metal container including first and second end walls, said end walls being parallel to each other; b) said container further including first and second side walls, said side walls being parallel to each other; c) a bottom wall extending between said end walls and said side walls to seal said container; d) a plurality of containerized concentric tubes retained within the interior of said container for discharging rocket assisted payloads; e) each rocket assisted payload including a booster rocket, and a payload releasably mounted atop said booster rocker; f) each containerized concentric launch tube having a sealed bottom and an upwardly opening top; g) means for retaining said containerized concentric launch tubes in a fixed upstanding, vertically oriented array within the interior of said container; h) an umbilical cord connected to the each containerized concentric launch tube and adapted to deliver power for ignition to the booster rocket of the a rocket assisted payload inserted into the tube; and i) a sequence controller connected to the umbilical cord of each rocket assisted payload within a containerized concentric launch tube so that the booster rockets for the rocket assisted payloads within the containerized concentric tubes can be selectively energized by said controller.