What is Air-launch-to-orbit?
[[File:Lockheed TriStar launches Pegasus with Space Technology 5.jpg|thumb|250px|Orbital's ''[[Stargazer (aircraft)|Stargazer]]'' launches [[Pegasus (rocket)|Pegasus]] carrying the three [[Space Technology 5]] satellites in the skies of [[California]], 2006]] '''Air launch to orbit''' is a method of launching [[launch vehicle|rockets]]. An [[airplane]] carries the rocket, which would then be launched to carry satellites to [[low Earth orbit]].<ref name=Sarigul-Klijn2003>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/flight_mechanics_of_manned_suborbital_reusable_launch_vehicles_with_recommendations_for_launch_and_recovery.shtml |title=Flight Mechanics of Manned Sub-Orbital Reusable Launch Vehicles with Recommendations for Launch and Recovery |access-date=2021-01-23 |archive-date=2020-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112000850/http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/flight_mechanics_of_manned_suborbital_reusable_launch_vehicles_with_recommendations_for_launch_and_recovery.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Rockets]]