Model: Tamouz.

Tamouz

Orbital launch vehicle. Other Family: Retired. Country: Iraq. Status: Retired 1989.

Iraqi space launch vehicle/ICBM based on clustering of Scud tactical missiles. Canadian rocket scientist Gerald Bull was allegedly killed by Israeli agents not for his work on the supergun, but rather for his much more damaging assistance to the Iraqis in doing the dynamic calculations for the Tamouz.

Manufacturer: Bull. Launches: 1. First Launch Date: 1989-12-05. Last Launch Date: 1989-12-05. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 406.400 kN (91,362 lbf). Total Mass: 37,695 kg (83,103 lb). Core Diameter: 0.96 m (3.14 ft). Total Length: 18.00 m (59.00 ft). Maximum range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi).

• Stage0: 5 x R-17. Gross Mass: 5,385 kg (11,871 lb). Empty Mass: 1,645 kg (3,626 lb). Motor: 1 x Isayev R-17. Thrust (vac): 93.100 kN (20,930 lbf). Isp: 251 sec. Burn time: 95 sec. Length: 7.43 m (24.37 ft). Diameter: 0.96 m (3.14 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/Kerosene.

• Stage1: 1 x R-17. Gross Mass: 5,385 kg (11,871 lb). Empty Mass: 1,645 kg (3,626 lb). Motor: 1 x Isayev R-17. Thrust (vac): 93.100 kN (20,930 lbf). Isp: 251 sec. Burn time: 95 sec. Length: 7.43 m (24.37 ft). Diameter: 0.96 m (3.14 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/Kerosene.

• Stage2: 1 x R-17. Gross Mass: 5,385 kg (11,871 lb). Empty Mass: 1,645 kg (3,626 lb). Motor: 1 x Isayev R-17. Thrust (vac): 93.100 kN (20,930 lbf). Isp: 251 sec. Burn time: 95 sec. Length: 7.43 m (24.37 ft). Diameter: 0.96 m (3.14 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/Kerosene.

1989 December 5 - Al Anbar -. Test mission Agency: Iraq. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

1990 March 22 - Gerard Bull assassinated, ending the Tamouz and supergun projects. It is commonly thought that he was killed by the Israelis, concerned not so much by the supergun work but rather dynamics research Bull was doing to improve Iraqi ballistic missiles. Three weeks later British Customs seized the final eight sections of the Babylon Gun.