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Barbarian MDD
Part of Thor
American heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. Proposed launch vehicle for large SDI 'Star Wars' payloads. Expected to cost $ 400-500 million, the Barbarian could place the Zenith-Star chemical laser into low earth orbit. It would consist of 3 Shuttle SRM's, attached around a ring of six Delta RS-27 first stage boosters, which in turn clustered around a single Delta first stage booster that was the last stage of the launch vehicle.

Status: Study 1987. Payload: 45,400 kg (100,000 lb). Thrust: 35,789.56 kN (8,045,813 lbf). Gross mass: 2,500,000 kg (5,500,000 lb). Height: 31.00 m (101.00 ft). Diameter: 2.44 m (8.00 ft). Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

LEO Payload: 45,400 kg (100,000 lb) to a 300 km orbit at 28.00 degrees. Launch Price $: 500.000 million in 1987 dollars.

Stage Data - Barbarian MDD



Family: heavy-lift, orbital launch vehicle. Country: USA. Engines: RS-27C. Stages: Delta Thor XLT-C, SRB. Agency: Douglas. Bibliography: 268.

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