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Family: Shuttle. Country: USA. Status: Hardware. Other Designations: Advanced Solid Rocket Motors.
Shuttle using Advanced Solid Rocket Motors (development cancelled 1993).
SpecificationsLiftoff Thrust: 2,874,900 kgf. Total Mass: 2,100,293 kg. Core Diameter: 8.7 m. Total Length: 56.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 829.00 million. in 1985 unit dollars.
- Stage Number: 0. 2 x Shuttle ASRM Gross Mass: 625,000 kg. Empty Mass: 75,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,587,302 kgf. Isp: 286 sec. Burn time: 133 sec. Isp(sl): 259 sec. Diameter: 3.8 m. Span: 3.8 m. Length: 38.4 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. Hercules
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Shuttle Tank Gross Mass: 750,975 kg. Empty Mass: 29,930 kg. Thrust (vac): 0 kgf. Isp: 455 sec. Burn time: 480 sec. Isp(sl): 363 sec. Diameter: 8.7 m. Span: 8.7 m. Length: 46.9 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 0. None
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Shuttle Orbiter Gross Mass: 99,318 kg. Empty Mass: 99,117 kg. Thrust (vac): 696,905 kgf. Isp: 455 sec. Burn time: 480 sec. Isp(sl): 363 sec. Diameter: 4.9 m. Span: 23.8 m. Length: 37.2 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 3. SSME
Shuttle ASRM Chronology
- 1993 -
- Shuttle using Advanced Solid Rocket Motors (development cancelled 1993).
Bibliography:- 44 - Jenkins, Dennis R,, Space Shuttle: The History of Developing the National Space Transportation System, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-9633974-4-3, 1996.
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