Altair 3
Engine · USA
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Credit: Thiokol
Thiokol solid rocket engine. In Production. Altair III was developed as the propulsion unit for the fourth stage of the Scout launch vehicle. A filament-wound, fiberglass-epoxy case contained the CTPB propellant grain.
The lightweight, external nozzle is a composite of graphite, plastic, and steel. The consumable pyrogenic igniter is actuated by two 6-second-delay electrical initiators or two SBASI zero-time-delay initiators. Total impulse 78,670 kgf-s. Propellant mass fraction 0.908.
Propellant Formulation: CTPB.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Thor Burner 1, Scout B, Scout B 2A, Scout B-1, Scout B-1 F, Scout D-1, Scout D-1 F, Scout E-1, Scout F-1, Atlas F/MSD, Scout G-1, Atlas E/MSD, ASAT, Scout D, Atlas E Altair, Advanced Scout
- Propellants
- Solid
- Stages
- Altair 3
- Agency
- Thiokol