CORONA (SSTO)
CORONA (RLV) concept | |
Function | Proposed SSTO vehicle |
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Manufacturer | Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau |
Country of origin |
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Size | |
Height | 30 m (98 ft) |
Diameter | 10 m (33 ft) |
Mass | 30,000 kg (66,000 lb) |
Stages | 1 |
Launch history | |
Status | development stopped |
First stage | |
Diameter | 10 m (33 ft) |
Gross mass | 30,000 kg (66,000 lb) |
Fuel | Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen |
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Simulated in-flight view of the CORONA
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CORONA on launchpad
CORONA was an unmanned prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle developed by Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau from 1992 to 2012. As of the 2013 work curtailed due to lack of funding.
Design
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Evolution of CORONA concept
It is intended for the launch of space vehicles and the spacecraft in the low-Earth circular orbits of 200-500 km. The launch weight of about 300 tonnes.
See also
- Lockheed Martin X-33
- Blue Origin New Shepard
- Quad (rocket)
- Zarya
- SpaceX reusable launch system development program
- McDonnell Douglas DC-X
- Project Morpheus NASA program to continue developing ALHAT and Quad landers
- Reusable Vehicle Testing
- Kankoh-maru
References
- New in the development of rocket and space systems: single-stage reusable rocket "CROWN" // Aerospace Technology. Scientific and technical collection. Issue 1 (43) Part 2 / holes. YP Panov, editor EA Osipova. - Miass: SRC "Design Bureau. Academician VP Makeyev ", 1999. - S. 181 - 209. - (XIV). - 400 copies.
- On the possible ways of development of reusable space transportation systems (MTX) // Aerospace Technology. Scientific and technical collection. Issue 1 (48) Part II / holes. OD Parkhomenko, EA Editor Osipova. - Miass: SRC "Design Bureau. Academician VP Makeyev ", 2002. - S. 120 - 340. - (XIV). - 300 copies.
- Anton Pervushin. Chapter 15. Heirs "Buran". The "cold" // The battle for the stars. Part II. The cosmic confrontation. - Moscow: OOO "Publishing ACT», 2004. - 831 p.. - 5000 copies -. ISBN 5-17-024200-X.
- Kosmodem'yanskii AA Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. - 2nd supplemented. - M:. Science, 1987. - 304 p. - 80,000 copies.
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