Nihka
Engine · Canada
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Bristol Aerospace solid rocket engine. Upper stages. Out of production. The Nihka rocket motor was developed specifically for the Black Brant X rocket system by Bristol Aerospace. Used on Black Brant 10 launch vehicle. First flight 1981.
The Nihka rocket motor was developed for use as the third stage of the Black Brant X sounding racket. Schedule and cost constraints dictated a low risk development program, which was achieved by using proven hardware wherever possible, together with a high performance propellant/liner system. The motor weighed 398.7 kg and delivered a total impulse of 908,770 N-s in vacuum. The first test flight took place twenty months after initiation of design.
Propellant Formulation: HTPB.
Related
- Country
- Canada
- Launch Vehicles
- Black Brant X, Black Brant XB, Black Brant XII, Black Brant 10CM1
- Propellants
- Solid
- Stages
- Nihka
- Agency
- Bristol