Sagitarius Airborne Launch System (SALS)
Celestia Aerospace
Airborne launch system combining a MiG29UB jet with 2-3 stage rockets — delivers 4-16 nanosats to suborbital or orbital flight per operation.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Payload capacity
- 16 kg
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Archer 1 operational ceiling
- 20 km
- Space arrow sm microgravity duration
- 10 minutes (suborbital)
- Space arrow cm payload to LEO
- Up to 16 kg
- Launch batch size
- 4-16 nanosats per operation
About
The Sagitarius Airborne Launch System (SALS) is Celestia Aerospace’s signature product, combining a military jet (MiG29UB) with a 2 or 3-stage rocket that delivers payload either to suborbital flight or to orbit. The proprietary launch system allows for flexible launches of as little as 4 nanosats and up to 16 in a single operation, based on the US Air Force’s ASAT program airborne orbital delivery concept. The SALS comprises three named sub-systems: Archer 1 (MiG29UB fighter jet with a 20 km operational ceiling), Space Arrow SM (2-stage light rocket providing 10 minutes of microgravity in a suborbital parabola), and Space Arrow CM (3-stage heavy rocket delivering up to 16 kg to Low Earth Orbit).
Documentation
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