A transporter erector launcher (TEL) is a missile vehicle with an integrated tractor unit that can transport, elevate to a firing position and launch one or more rockets or missiles.
Such vehicles exist for both surface-to-air missiles and surface-to-surface missiles. Early on, such missiles were launched from fixed sites and had to be loaded onto trucks for transport, making them more vulnerable to attack, since once they were spotted by the enemy they could not easily be relocated, and if they were it often took hours or even days to prepare them for launch once they reached their new site.
Usually a number of TELs and TELARs are linked to one command post vehicle (CP or CPV). They may use target information from target acquisition, designation and guidance radar (TADAGR or TAR).
A transporter erector launcher and radar (TELAR) is a type of TEL that also incorporates part or all of the radar system necessary for firing the surface-to-air missiles. Such vehicles have the capability of being autonomous, greatly enhancing their effectiveness. With this type of system each vehicle can fight regardless of the state or presence of support vehicles. The vehicle may have to aim the missile, usually through a rotating turret, or they may fire straight up.
A transporter launcher and radar (TLAR) is the same as a TELAR without the erector capability, because the missile in question is transported in the launch-ready position as default. An example is the 9K330 Tor, which mounts a vertical launching system-style block of SAMs, which correct their trajectory using rockets on the missile body itself.
The Patriot missile system has a towed launch vehicle or mobile erector launcher (MEL).[1]
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Another sub-set of the TEL are erector-launchers mounted to pallets, which can then be carried by suitable vehicles to create a TEL. The MBDA iLauncher used to launch the Sky Sabre missile is one example; a 15 tonne unit which is carried by MAN HX trucks in British Army service.[2][3]
En los vuelos espaciales , los TEL son estructuras de soporte que se utilizan para transportar un vehículo de lanzamiento de cohetes horizontalmente desde una instalación de ensamblaje hasta una plataforma de lanzamiento fija cercana donde se eleva verticalmente para el lanzamiento. Es similar a los TEL, excepto por el hecho de que los cohetes espaciales deben construirse y lanzarse con la infraestructura adecuada , como las que se encuentran en un puerto espacial . Este sistema es utilizado por varias agencias de lanzamiento espacial ; La Soyuz tiene un TE que puede ser transportado por ferrocarril , SpaceX para sus vehículos de lanzamiento Falcon 9 y Heavy (pero no Starship ).
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