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{{Infobox company
| name = Quicklaunch
| name = Quicklaunch
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| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| industry = [[Identity Access Management]]
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| slogan = affordable space exploration
| foundation = 2010
| foundation = 2014
| location = [[California]]
| location = [[Chicago]]
| key_people = [[John Hunter (scientist)]]
| key_people = [[Neeraj Kainth(CEO)]]
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| products = Single Sign-On
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| revenue =
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| industry = [[Aerospace engineering|Aerospace]]
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| slogan = affordable space exploration
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| products =
| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120724005949/http://quicklaunchinc.com/ quicklaunchinc.com]
| homepage = [http://www.quicklaunchsso.com/]
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'''QuickLaunch''' is a leading Identity Platform that is widely used mainly in Higher Education Institutions to secure student identities.
'''Quicklaunch''' is a currently inactive company attempting to use a type of [[space gun]] to launch payloads into [[low Earth orbit]]. It is a [[university spin-off]] of the [[Super High Altitude Research Project|SHARP]] project which ended 2005.


==Quicklaunch - The Company ==
==Quicklauncher==
[[File:Quicklauncher.jpg|thumb]]Founded in 2013, QuickLaunch solves identity for the organizations by providing world-class identity management system. This cloud based Identity system secures and connects people of many of the world’s largest organizations. Quicklaunch integrates all the backend applications and enables simple and smooth access to users from any device by providing a single sign-on for multiple applications. Thousands of customers including New Mexico State University, Calhoun Community College, Virginia Community College System rely on Quicklaunch for a faster and secure workflow.
[[File:Quicklauncher.jpg|thumb|The Quicklauncher spacegun]]
The Quicklaunch proposed firing apparatus was a [[light-gas gun]] using [[hydrogen]] as the working gas and natural gas as the explosive heat source. Heating and pre-pressurizing the hydrogen working gas takes 10 minutes before the shot and most of the hydrogen is recovered by a muzzle muffler at the end of the launch tube to be reused for subsequent launches.


==Products==
The {{convert|1100|m}} long gun would be, for the most part, submerged in the ocean. Its horizontal and vertical direction ([[azimuth]] and [[Elevation (ballistics)|elevation]]) could be adjusted based on customer launch requirements.
# QuickLaunch Single Sign-On
# QuickLaunch Password Manager
# QuickLaunch MultiFactor Authentication
# QuickLaunch Identity Provider


==Awards==
The proposed launcher was designed to give projectiles an initial speed of {{convert|6|km/s|abbr=on}} while the Earth [[orbital speed]] is 6.9 to 7.8 km/s. The projectile design therefore included a one-stage rocket which ignites some time after launch. The designed payloads could include spacecraft, satellites, consumable, water or fuel to supply a [[propellant depot]] in orbit.
The QuickLaunch Identity Platform won the Best User Experience Award & the Rising Star Award from [https://financesonline.com/ FinancesOnline] in 2017.

Projected dollar cost per pound to orbit were $500 ($1,100/kg).<ref name="quicklaunchinc.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.quicklaunchinc.com | title=Quicklaunch Inc - Affordable Space Exploration | accessdate=February 14, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724005949/http://quicklaunchinc.com/|archivedate=2012-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IXYsDdPvbo | title=Cannons to the Planets | publisher=GoogleTechTalks | year=2009}}</ref>

==Project phases==
# A one-year 2 million dollar project to break the record height of {{convert|180|km}} for a projectile fired from a space gun, which was achieved in [[Project HARP]].
# A two-year 10 million dollar project to launch to orbit a {{convert|1|kg}} payload each time.
# A two-year 50 million dollar project to launch to orbit a {{convert|45|kg}} payload each time.
# A three-year 500 million dollar project to build and operate multiple 1,100 meter long Quicklaunchers called the QL-1000 that are capable of launching 1,000 lb propellant payloads to orbit. The goal is to supply 4 million lbs (2,000 tons) of fuel to orbital propellant depots yearly.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084853/http://quicklaunchinc.com/investors/space-exploration/</ref>

==Hiatus==
In a 2016 article, Hunter remarked that the work had been put in stasis due in part to [[Elon Musk]]'s company, [[SpaceX]], taking up the challenge of reducing costs to orbit. Hunter however invited someone with a similar level of money and motivation, to take a fresh look at the approach.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160317-the-man-who-tried-to-make-a-supergun-for-saddam-hussein</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Portal|Spaceflight}}
{{Portal|Single Sign-On}}
* What is Single Sign-On?
* [[Non-rocket spacelaunch]]
* [[Super High Altitude Research Project]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 13:14, 4 December 2017

Quicklaunch
Company typePrivate
IndustryIdentity Access Management
Founded2014
HeadquartersChicago
Key people
Neeraj Kainth(CEO)
ProductsSingle Sign-On
Website[1]

QuickLaunch is a leading Identity Platform that is widely used mainly in Higher Education Institutions to secure student identities.

Quicklaunch - The Company

Founded in 2013, QuickLaunch solves identity for the organizations by providing world-class identity management system. This cloud based Identity system secures and connects people of many of the world’s largest organizations. Quicklaunch integrates all the backend applications and enables simple and smooth access to users from any device by providing a single sign-on for multiple applications. Thousands of customers including New Mexico State University, Calhoun Community College, Virginia Community College System rely on Quicklaunch for a faster and secure workflow.

Products

  1. QuickLaunch Single Sign-On
  2. QuickLaunch Password Manager
  3. QuickLaunch MultiFactor Authentication
  4. QuickLaunch Identity Provider

Awards

The QuickLaunch Identity Platform won the Best User Experience Award & the Rising Star Award from FinancesOnline in 2017.

See also

  • What is Single Sign-On?

References

  • Shooting right for the stars with one gargantuan gas gun - Excerpt from 1996 Smithsonian Magazine on Hunter's work with SHARP. The final paragraph contains the financial assessment.
  • SHARP Gun Accelerates Scramjets to Mach 9", by William B Scott, Aviation Week and Space Technology, September 9, 1996, page 63.
  • Encyclopedia Astronautica - SHARP
  • Video Interview of John Hunter - Gas Station In Space moonandback 2011
  • Audio Interview of John Hunter on The space show
  • "The Feasibility of Launching Small Satellites with a Light Gas Gun". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.203.4552: {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) detailed PDF of a land based version
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