Skip to content
79,433 pages · 13,741 images · since 1994 Browse A–Z Today in space history
Encyclopedia Astronautica The full story of spaceflight
Encyclopedia entry

S400

Launch vehicle · France

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

Liquid propellant rocket engines manufactured by Airbus, used primarily as apogee engines for telecommunications satellites. The chamber and throat are made of platinum alloy, using a double cone vortex injector and both film and radiative cooling.

Country
France
Propellants
MON/MMH
Agency
Airbus