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 ...SPACEFLIGHT
Making the 'ultimate, engine better
Rocketdyne aims to increase
Space Shuttle Main Engine
(SSME) power from 109 per
cent to 115 per cent, and later
130 per cent, reports David
Velup...
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 ...Improving Shuttle's engines
Rocketdyne is working to improve the durability of its Space Shuttle main engines, reports Tim Furniss.
The first section of a $20 million Space Shuttle main engine (SSME...
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 ...HEAO PROPOSALS SUBMITTED
Proposals for development of a High Energy Astronomy
Observatory (HEAO) have been received by Nasa from
TRW System and Grumman Aerospace. The proposals were
submitted on A...
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 ...SPACEFLIGHT
SEP links
with
Rocketdyne
PARIS
Ariane engine builder SEP
and Rocketdyne, manu
facturer of the Space Shuttle
main engine, have agreed to
co-operate on liquid rocket
technology in...
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 ...NR WINS SHUTTLE ENGINE CONTRACT
North American Rockwell is to develop the main engines
for Nasa's space shuttle. Final negotiations are now taking
place with NR's Rocketdyne division for a cost-plu...
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SHUTTLE CONTRACT FOR HONEYWELL
North American Rockwell's Rocketdyne Division, prime
contractor for the space shuttle main engine, has awarded
Honeywell an $800,000 letter contract to start wor...
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 ...SPACEFLIGHT
Nasa wants more SSME life
HUNTSVILLE
Space Shuttle Main Engines
(SSMEs) have performed
very well on all 11 flights
made so far. There have been
no in-flight shut-downs, the
engines...
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 ...Cosmos SL-8
Tsyklon SL-14
Tsyklon SL-11
Zenit SL-16
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
2 x RD-216
1 + verniers
1 x 4 verniers
1 x 4 verniers
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1 x 4 verniers
RD-219?
1 x RD-171
1...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 2 June 1979 1859
Propulsion
Boost: solid, c.5sec burn; sustain: nitric acid/
hydrocarbons liquid, c.22sec burn
Boost: solid; sustain: solid
Boost: 4 x solid; sustain: ramjet...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 17 November 1979 1651
Shuttle's "$30 million" engines
NASA has awarded Space Shuttle
Main Engine (SSME) manufacturer,
Rocketdyne, a $365-7 million contract
for a further 12 ...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 2 August 1980 473
Propulsion
i Boost: solid, c.5sec burn; sustain; nitric acid/
| hydrocarbons liquid, c.22sec burn
Boost: solid, sustain: solid
Boost: 4 x solid, sustain: r...
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 ...332 FLIGHT International, 26 August 1971
SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE . . .
small performance improvement can increase maximum
payload by thousands of pounds.
The regenerative cooling system, now sta...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 18 January 1962 91
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highest compatible with sea-level development and checkout
firing, and the whole unit gimbals through 10° in any direction.
796 FLIGHT International, 30 May 1963
Missiles and Spaceflight
ROCKETDYNE J-2
Thrust-chamber Assembly The thrust chamber and propellam
injector designs have made full use of the unique heat-transfer
properties of hydrogen. The chamber is cooled by hydrogen flo...
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 ...FLIGHT International, 18 Morch 1971 391
Propulsion Guidance Control Warhead
Hotchkiss-Brandt solid: 1,3,5301b; 2,4401b
18,7401b Hotchkiss-Brandt solid
Solid motor
Solid motor
6,0001b Thiokol M58...
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 ...Adventure star
Delays have made
Lockheed Martin's
plans for a fully
reusable launch
vehicle look risky
GRAHAM WARWICK/WASHINGTON DC
LOCKHEED MARTIN'S venture to develop and operate a fully reus...
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 ...728 FLIGHT International, 16 May 1963
Typifying the advantages accruing from the formation of British Aircraft
Corporation, the Bristol IFerranti Bloodhound 2 missile and launcher
were recently sub...
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 ...FLIGHT, 16 September 1960 Iff
SPADEADA
Space Springboard or White Elephant?
BY THE TECHNICAL EDITOR
LAST week we briefly reported the fact that on September 1we were invited by the Ministry of Aviatio...
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NORTH AMERICAN. North American Aviation, Inc., RocketdyneDivision, Canoga Park, Cal. Since 1946 this giant among the world's
aircraft companies has been heavily engaged in the design,...
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 ...410 FLIGHT, 20 March 1959
AERO ENGINES 1959 . . .
chambers has a sea level rating of 1,500 lb thrust.
LR11 Under this designation ReactionMotors have evolved a temporary stop-gap
powerplant for the No...
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