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Rokot-3 Briz

Stage · Russia

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Briz M
Briz M
Credit: Khrunichev

N2O4/UDMH propellant rocket stage. High performance storable liquid engine. The basic stage can be adapted with 'wrap-around' propellant tanks for Proton booster applications.

Engine system consists of main engine plus four 11D458 plus twelve 17D58E vernier thrusters. Propellant load 3300 kg N2O4 + 1665 kg UDMH. Main engine: Capable of 8 restarts. Maximum burn time 1000 seconds; minimum time 1 second. Time between burns between 15 seconds and 5 hours. Vernier engines: 4 x 40 kgf. Specific impulse 275 sec. Minimum impulse 4 kg-s. Orientation engines: 12 x 1.3 kgf. Specific impulse 270 sec. Minimum impulse 0.068 kg-s. This, the basic version, had a total deliverable impulse of 2,000,000 kgf-s. Minimum impulse 2500 kg-s. Total summary impulse 14,112 kg-s.

Cost $ : 3.000 million.

Country
Russia
Launch Vehicles
Rokot K
Propellants
N2O4/UDMH