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Perigee Orbit Transfer Motor

Engine · China

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Fourth Academy solid rocket engine. In Production. Basic perigee kick motor for CZ-2E launch vehicle. Featured glass fiber-wound case, HTPB propellant, 3-D finocyl propellant grain, and carbon/carbon throat insert. First flight 1990.

Total impulse 11,360 kN-s over 65.2 seconds.

Propellant Formulation: HTPB.

Country
China
Launch Vehicles
Chang Zheng 2E
Propellants
Solid
Bibliography
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