SLV3
Satelitte Launch Vehicle 3
Satelitte Launch Vehicle 3
4-stage launch vehicle
Payload capacity:
40 kg to LEO
Mass of launch vehicle: 17000 kg
Height of launch vehicle: 22m
Max Diameter of launch vehicle: 1m
First launch on: 10 August 1979
Total launches: 4 (2 successes, 1 failures and 1 partial failure)
First stage :
- Solid Rocket Motor
- Propellant - PBAN (Polybutadiene acrylonitrile)
- Thrust - 450kN
- Burn time - 49 sec
- Propellant mass: 8600 kg
Second stage :
- Solit Rocket Motor
- Propellants - PBAN (Polybutadiene acrylonitrile)2O4 (oxidiser)
- Thrust - 200kN
- Burn time - 40 sec
- Propellant mass: 3000 kg
Third stage :
- Solid Rocket Motor
- Propellant - High Energy propellant (HEF 20)
- Thrust - 63kN
- Burn time - 45 sec
- Propellant mass: 1000 kg
Fourth Stage :
- Solid Rocket Motor
- Propellants - High Energy Propellant (HEF 20)
- Thrust - 24kN
- Burn time - 33 sec
- Propellant mass: 262 kg
Work in progress