Ajax
Launch vehicle · Russia
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Russian sled-launched winged orbital launch vehicle. Sled-launched, air-breathing, single stage to orbit, horizontal takeoff / horizontal landing launch vehicle proposed in Russia.
Subtopics
- Nike T48 Ajax Test version of Nike Ajax.
- Ajax engine Bell liquid rocket engine for the Nike Ajax sustainer stage. Red fuming nitric acid was the oxidizer; in the test missiles, the fuel was aniline-furfuryl alcohol as fuel, changing to JP-4 kerosene in the production missiles. Nike Ajax second stage.
Related
- Country
- Russia
- Agency
- Molniya bureau