Abstract: The present invention allows a payload to be launched from the exterior of a conventional launch vehicle with little integration expense. In one example, the invention includes an aerodynamic fairing having an internal cavity to contain a payload, a mounting adapter to attach the fairing to an exterior surface of a launch vehicle, and a release mechanism to separate the payload from the launch vehicle out of the fairing cavity during the launch vehicle's flight.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for oxidizing gaseous pollutants in a flue gas stream composed of flue gases, water vapour and one or more gaseous pollutants selected from the group consisting of SO2, NO, NO2, H2S, and mercury vapour, the oxidized form of the pollutants being more readily removable from the flue gas stream by water absorption than the non-oxidized form thereof, comprising: (a) injecting sufficient chlorine in a gaseous form, a liquid form, or as a chlorine water solution, into the flue gas stream while the flue gas stream is at a temperature greater than 100° C.