OTRAG First Launch OTRAG first launch - went off course when one of the four modules failed to ignite. 23,076 bytes. 589 x 306 pixels.

German project, using Libyan funds with flight test in Zaire, for production of missiles/satellite launchers using clusters of huge numbers of low cost, pressure fed liquid fuel units. Configuration shown ('Centaur class') would have launched 10,000 kg payload to LEO using 625 (!) of the $ 8300 units (1980 prices). Project, seen as cover for ballistic missile project, squelched by US and German governments. 'Minimum satellite' launch vehicle would have used 81 half-length units.

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OTRAG Pad - Workers' (or at least locals in OTRAG coveralls) cluster around the four-module launch vehicle at the pad in Zaire 34,758 bytes. 332 x 301 pixels.

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LEO Payload: 10,000 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 2,619,990 kgf. Total Mass: 2,278,880 kg. Core Diameter: 1.2 m. Total Length: 32.0 m. Launch Price $: 5.00 million. in 1980 price dollars.

• Stage Number: 1. 456 x Otrag Gross Mass: 3,627 kg. Empty Mass: 544 kg. Thrust (vac): 5,985 kgf. Isp: 250 sec. Burn time: 126 sec. Isp(sl): 240 sec. Diameter: 1.2 m. Span: 1.2 m. Length: 26.5 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/Kerosene No Engines: 1. Otrag

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  OTRAG Argosy support - Antique Argosy transports provided logistics support for the program, in keeping with its low-cost, low-tech approach. 9,345 bytes. 378 x 87 pixels.

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• Stage Number: 2. 114 x Otrag Gross Mass: 3,627 kg. Empty Mass: 544 kg. Thrust (vac): 5,985 kgf. Isp: 250 sec. Burn time: 126 sec. Isp(sl): 240 sec. Diameter: 1.2 m. Span: 1.2 m. Length: 26.5 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/Kerosene No Engines: 1. Otrag

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  OTRAG Congo Launch S 36,441 bytes. 340 x 267 pixels.

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• Stage Number: 3. 48 x Otrag Gross Mass: 3,627 kg. Empty Mass: 544 kg. Thrust (vac): 5,985 kgf. Isp: 250 sec. Burn time: 126 sec. Isp(sl): 240 sec. Diameter: 1.2 m. Span: 1.2 m. Length: 26.5 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/Kerosene No Engines: 1. Otrag

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  OTRAG Libya Launch S - Launch site was located in the Seba Oasis 800 km south of Tripoli. 11,047 bytes. 181 x 446 pixels.

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• Stage Number: 4. 7 x Otrag Gross Mass: 3,627 kg. Empty Mass: 544 kg. Thrust (vac): 5,985 kgf. Isp: 250 sec. Burn time: 126 sec. Isp(sl): 240 sec. Diameter: 1.2 m. Span: 1.2 m. Length: 26.5 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/Kerosene No Engines: 1. Otrag

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  OTRAG Pad - The OTRAG four-module unit mounted on its pad in the Congo. 42,265 bytes. 315 x 432 pixels.

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Otrag 10K 13,203 bytes. 245 x 362 pixels.

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