GF-02
Engine · China
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Fourth Academy solid rocket engine. CZ-1 launch vehicle. Out of production. First upper stage, zero-G, vacuum-start solid rocket motor developed in China. Inserted China's first satellite into orbit on 24 April 1970.
Development issues confronted included ignition at high altitude, effects of spinning on combustion, motor burn rate, insulation erosion, and alumina slag. Total impulse 4500 kN-s over 38 seconds. Nozzle diameter 728 mm.
Propellant Formulation: Polysulfide.
Related
- Country
- China
- Launch Vehicles
- Chang Zheng 1, Chang Zheng 1D
- Propellants
- Solid
- Stages
- GF-02
- Agency
- Fourth Academy
- Bibliography
- 544