Calculations have shown that launching a rocket from a balloon can be much cheaper than a normal launch from Earth. This saves fuel and reduces overall costs. You can get huge savings by launching a rocket from a balloon and the cost of production and maintenance will be very low. Such an environment would not go into orbit, but studying various subjects at the lower edge of space is a proven working solution in China.

Last Sunday, the rocket was launched from a large balloon from Lengh in northwest Yunzhou province, according to Chinese media. Xingjian Tianhang CEO Zhang Yichi said that launching such missiles is the first significant technological breakthrough. He did not elaborate on the so-called breakthrough.

The rocket and balloon were jointly developed by Xingjian Tianhang Space Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This approach can be widely used in so-called near-space studies at altitudes between 20 and 100 km, where aircraft can no longer fly and satellites cannot descend. Rockets can be used to study Earth’s atmosphere and other missions.

The balloon was designed to launch the aircraft and was filled with helium at zero pressure. During the change in atmospheric pressure, the shell retained its integrity to rise to a certain height and launch a rocket.

The obvious disadvantage of launching missiles this way is that the balloon has little controllability and dependence on weather conditions. But the weather forecast is now accurate, it is easy to calculate the exact start time.