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Timberwind
American nuclear-powered orbital launch vehicle. DARPA project. Nuclear fission engine using pebble bed reactor with spherical fuel elements.

Status: Cancelled 1992. Thrust: 13,693.80 kN (3,078,489 lbf). Gross mass: 884,478 kg (1,949,940 lb). Height: 36.00 m (118.00 ft). Diameter: 8.70 m (28.50 ft).

Flyaway Unit Cost 1985$: 166.660 million.

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Timberwind Titan American nuclear-powered orbital launch vehicle.

Timberwind Centaur American nuclear-powered orbital launch vehicle.

Family: nuclear-powered, orbital launch vehicle. Country: USA. Stages: Timberwind 250, USRM. Agency: DARPA. Bibliography: 250.

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