Launcher would be capable of putting payload of 220 lb in 300-mi polar orbit; first-stage BS606 consists of two Gamma 304 engines, using eight chambers arranged in four thrust units; chambers are swivelled as four pairs, two pairs giving pitch control, other two yaw control and all four moving together for roll control; second-stage, two-chamber BS625, based on Gamma/Black Knight technology, has nozzle extensions to give improved specific impulse in space; spin-stabilized third-stage has solid propellant motor; constructional details of Gamma 304, BS6, and BS625 engines, and control system for BS606 engine; cutaway drawing of 3-stage launcher.


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    Title :

    Black arrow -- Bristol siddeley proposals for all-British satellite launcher


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Published in:

    Flight ; 88 , n 2941


    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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