Solid propellents can be useful for certain astronautical operations. The characteristics of these propellents are that they have a high total impulse to total rocket weight ratio, higher reliability, a tendency towards lower costs. The specific impulses are lower than for liquid propellents, about 180 to 200 seconds compared with 240 seconds.
The Fifth International Astronautical Congress
Summaries of a Selection of Papers Read at the Congress Held at Innsbruck on August 1–7, prepared by Eric Burgess, F.R.A.S.
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 26 , 10 ; 357-359
01.10.1954
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
International astronautical congress
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