Star-30BP Credit: Thiokol |
AKA: 54-KS-6,070;TE-M-700-20. Status: In Production. Number: 24 . Thrust: 27.00 kN (6,069 lbf). Gross mass: 543 kg (1,197 lb). Unfuelled mass: 38 kg (83 lb). Specific impulse: 292 s. Burn time: 54 s. Height: 1.51 m (4.94 ft). Diameter: 0.76 m (2.50 ft).
Apogee motor is used for the Hughes Aircraft Company HS 376 satellites and for the RCA SATCOM, Spacenet, and G-STAR satellites. The design incorporates an 89-percent-solids HTPB propellant in a 6AI-4V titanium case insulated with silica-filled EPDM rubber. It has a contoured nozzle with an integral toroidal igniter and a carbon-phenolic exit cone. Igniter: Aft end. Other versions Star 30C/E (TE-M-700-18/19). Total impulse 148,816 kgf-s. Propellant mass fraction 0.931.
Propellant Formulation: HTPB.