ROOST
Launch vehicle · USA
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Credit: NASA
American SSTO orbital launch vehicle. Bono's first design for a reusable single stage to orbit LH2/LOx booster, using conventional engines.
LEO Payload: 454,500 kg (1,002,000 lb) to a 325 km orbit.
Stage Data - ROOST
- Stage 1. 1 x ROOST. Gross Mass: 10,898,000 kg (24,025,000 lb). Empty Mass: 608,000 kg (1,340,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 165,447.000 kN (37,193,965 lbf). Isp: 410 sec. Burn time: 246 sec. Isp(sl): 345 sec. Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Span: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Length: 106.70 m (350.00 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 4. Engine: 5 mlbf. Status: Study 1963.
Related
- Family
- orbital launch vehicle, SSTO
- Country
- USA
- Engines
- 5 mlbf
- Stages
- ROOST stage
- Agency
- Douglas
Photo Gallery
ROOST
ROOST - Reusable One-stage Orbital Space Truck
Credit: © Mark Wade
