AMROC
Launch vehicle · USA
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AMROC (the American Rocket Company) proposed development of low-cost hybrid-propulsion orbital launch vehicles in the 1980's. Actual flight hardware did not go beyond a small test vehicle.
Subtopics
Hyperion American sounding rocket. Series of single-stage sounding rockets using eAc hybrid propulsion.- Industrial Launch Vehicle American low cost orbital launch vehicle. Low-cost hybrid launch vehicle proposed by AMROC in the 1980's.
- AMROC IRR American low cost orbital launch vehicle. Single stage vehicle.
Related
- Family
- LCLVs, low cost, orbital launch vehicle
- Country
- USA
- Engines
- H1500
- Launch Vehicles
- AMROC IRR
- Launch Sites
- Vandenberg
- Agency
- eAc
- Bibliography
- 2
Chronology
6 events
1958
LV Family: AMROC. Launch Vehicle: Hyperion.- Hyperion nuclear rocket design. - . Nation: USA. Hyperion was considered as a ca. 1970 Saturn follow-on. Hyperion would have doubled the translunar trajectory performance of the Saturn V at less than one third of the liftoff mass..
1989 October 5
17:28 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576A3. LV Family: AMROC. Launch Vehicle: AMROC IRR. FAILURE: Failure.1996 November 15
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: AMROC. Launch Vehicle: Hyperion.- LA-1 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Huntsville. Apogee: 8.00 km (4.90 mi).
1996 November 15
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: AMROC. Launch Vehicle: Hyperion.- LA-2 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Huntsville. Apogee: 8.00 km (4.90 mi).
1997 January 8
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: AMROC. Launch Vehicle: Hyperion.- HA-1 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Huntsville. Apogee: 36 km (22 mi).
1997 April 25
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: AMROC. Launch Vehicle: Hyperion.- HA-2 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Huntsville. Apogee: 33 km (20 mi).