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CuriousNotion
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This was an idea I had when when learning about ramjets.
I was wondering if you could use a specially designed rail gun to launch a probe or satelitte ,at a very high velocity vertically upwards and then when the object is decelarating at 9.8 m/s due to gravity use a small rocket propulsion system to give the object enough thrust to leave the Earth's atmosphere and go into orbit. The main idea is to reduce fuel needed to get into orbit. It was also an idea to remove the need for 3 stage rocket.
I was wondering if you could use a specially designed rail gun to launch a probe or satelitte ,at a very high velocity vertically upwards and then when the object is decelarating at 9.8 m/s due to gravity use a small rocket propulsion system to give the object enough thrust to leave the Earth's atmosphere and go into orbit. The main idea is to reduce fuel needed to get into orbit. It was also an idea to remove the need for 3 stage rocket.