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Family: Shuttle Proposals. Country: USA. Status: Study 1970 April.
Marshall Spaceflight Center shuttle concept using Faget low cross range stub-winged booster and orbiter.
SpecificationsLiftoff Thrust: 1,165,860 kgf. Total Mass: 998,775 kg. Core Diameter: 5.1 m. Total Length: 74.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 38.00 million. in 1985 unit dollars.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Shuttle DC-3-1 Gross Mass: 799,537 kg. Empty Mass: 131,519 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,050,000 kgf. Isp: 442 sec. Burn time: 277 sec. Isp(sl): 392 sec. Diameter: 5.1 m. Span: 43.0 m. Length: 61.9 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 4. SSME Study
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Shuttle DC-3-2 Gross Mass: 199,238 kg. Empty Mass: 54,422 kg. Thrust (vac): 300,000 kgf. Isp: 459 sec. Burn time: 218 sec. Isp(sl): 359 sec. Diameter: 4.5 m. Span: 27.7 m. Length: 37.4 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 1. SSME Study
Bibliography:- 29 - Chacko, George K, ed., Reducing the Cost of Space Transportation, AAS Science and Technology Series, Vol. 21, 1969.
- 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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