VKS-DM
Launch vehicle · Russia
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Russian winged orbital launch vehicle. Air launched from Gerakl / NPO Molniya-1000 heavy-lift aircraft, catamaran layout, twin-fuselage triplane. Release conditions: Suspended load, 450,000 kg, 900 kph at 9,500 m altitude. Effective velocity gain compared to vertical launch 270 m/s.
to: 200 km orbit at 51.00 degrees.
Related
- Country
- Russia
- Agency
- Molniya bureau.
- First flight of Molniya-1 triplane. - .
- Nation
- Russia. Subscale proof-of-concept vehicle for Gerakl / Molniya-1000 catamaran subsonic 900 tonne aircraft design that would be used for VKS-DM spaceplane.