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Family: Shuttle Proposals. Country: USA. Status: Study 1968.
Related to Lockheed Shuttle LS200 proposal. X-24B lifting body configuration orbiter with wrap-around drop tank.
SpecificationsLiftoff Thrust: 415,080 kgf. Total Mass: 300,408 kg. Core Diameter: 8.0 m. Total Length: 30.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 28.00 million. in 1985 unit dollars.
- Stage Number: 0. 1 x Starlifter Tank Gross Mass: 257,778 kg. Empty Mass: 12,971 kg. Thrust (vac): 0 kgf. Isp: 455 sec. Burn time: 209 sec. Isp(sl): 355 sec. Diameter: 8.0 m. Span: 8.0 m. Length: 25.0 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 0. None
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Starlifter Gross Mass: 42,630 kg. Empty Mass: 19,955 kg. Thrust (vac): 532,000 kgf. Isp: 455 sec. Burn time: 228 sec. Isp(sl): 355 sec. Diameter: 15.9 m. Span: 15.9 m. Length: 25.0 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 3. SSME
Bibliography:- 36 - Gatland, Kenneth and Bono, Philip, Frontiers of Space, Macmillan, New York, 1969.
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