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Family: Shuttle Proposals. Country: USA. Status: Study 1969 October.
General Dynamics shuttle proposal phase A. Unwinged flat-bottom configuration booster and orbiter with V butterfly-tails.
SpecificationsLiftoff Thrust: 3,083,900 kgf. Total Mass: 2,557,880 kg. Core Diameter: 11.2 m. Total Length: 86.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Shuttle FR-3-1 Gross Mass: 2,169,691 kg. Empty Mass: 234,467 kg. Thrust (vac): 3,068,166 kgf. Isp: 442 sec. Burn time: 275 sec. Isp(sl): 392 sec. Diameter: 11.2 m. Span: 25.7 m. Length: 71.8 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 15. SSME Study
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Shuttle FR-3-2 Gross Mass: 388,189 kg. Empty Mass: 130,159 kg. Thrust (vac): 463,874 kgf. Isp: 459 sec. Burn time: 251 sec. Isp(sl): 359 sec. Diameter: 7.5 m. Span: 21.8 m. Length: 54.6 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 2. SSME Study
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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