VTOVL 1978
Launch vehicle · USA
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Credit: Gary Hudson
American SSTO VTOVL orbital launch vehicle. Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing.
Flyaway Unit Cost 1985$: 50.000 million.
Stage Data - VTOVL
- Stage 1. 1 x VTOVL 150t. Gross Mass: 4,093,761 kg (9,025,198 lb). Empty Mass: 419,154 kg (924,076 lb). Thrust (vac): 63,387.802 kN (14,250,145 lbf). Isp: 485 sec. Burn time: 500 sec. Isp(sl): 412 sec. Diameter: 29.70 m (97.40 ft). Span: 29.70 m (97.40 ft). Length: 26.50 m (86.90 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 17. Engine: Plug-Nozzle SSME. Status: Study 1978.
Related
- Family
- orbital launch vehicle, SSTO
- Country
- USA
- Engines
- Plug-Nozzle SSME
- Stages
- VTOVL 150t
- Agency
- NASA
- Bibliography
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