Star 37FM
Engine · USA
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Credit: Thiokol
Thiokol solid rocket engine. In Production. Apogee kick motor for the FLTSTACOM satellite. The motor case contained the same volume as the discontinued STAR 37E.
Upper stage motor is the apogee kick motor for the FLTSTACOM satellite. The motor case contains the same volume as the STAR 37E, which is discontinued. The semi-submerged nozzle assembly uses a 3-D carbon-carbon throat and a carbon-phenolic exit cone. Propellant: 1067 kg of AP/HTPB/Al in 6Al-4V titanium case. The motor has been qualified for propellant offloading to 1,023 kg. Total impulse 311,041 kgf-s. Propellant mass fraction 0.929.
Propellant Formulation: HTPB.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Delta 7326-9.5, Delta 7426-9.5, ATK LV
- Propellants
- Solid
- Stages
- Star 37FM
- Agency
- Thiokol