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MAKS Orbiter

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Status: Development ended 1988. Thrust: 3,618.77 kN (813,532 lbf). Gross mass: 18,600 kg (41,000 lb). Unfuelled mass: 18,600 kg (41,000 lb). Specific impulse: 437 s. Specific impulse sea level: 396 s. Burn time: 440 s. Height: 19.30 m (63.30 ft). Diameter: 3.00 m (9.80 ft). Span: 12.50 m (41.00 ft).

Cost $ : 8.000 million.

• MAKS draft project completed - . Nation: Russia. Spacecraft Bus: MAKS series. Spacecraft: MAKS Orbiter.

  The MAKS spaceplane draft project consisted of 220 volumes, generated by NPO Molniya and 70 sub-contractors and government institutes. Development of MAKS was authorised but cancelled after Perestroika. At the time of the cancellation, mock-ups of both the MAKS orbiter and the external tank had been finished. Since it was expected that MAKS could reduce the cost of transport to earth orbit by a factor of ten, it was hoped in the 1990's that development funding could be found. However this has not happened to date.

• MAKS draft project. - . Nation: Russia. Spacecraft Bus: MAKS series. Spacecraft: MAKS Orbiter. MAKS draft project is completed..