CORONA (SSTO)
 CORONA (RLV) concept | |
| Function | Proposed SSTO vehicle |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau |
| Country of origin |  Russia |
| Size | |
| Height | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Diameter | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Mass | 30,000 kg (66,000 lb) |
| Stages | 1 |
| Launch history | |
| Status | development stopped |
| First stage | |
| Diameter | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Gross mass | 30,000 kg (66,000 lb) |
| Thrust | |
| Fuel | Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen |
Simulated in-flight view of the CORONA
CORONA on launchpad
CORONA was an unmanned prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle developed by Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau from 1992 to 2012. As of the 2013 work curtailed due to lack of funding.
Design
Evolution of CORONA concept
It is intended for the launch of space vehicles and the spacecraft in the low-Earth circular orbits of 200-500 km. The launch weight of about 300 tons.
See also
- Lockheed Martin X-33
- Blue Origin New Shepard
- Quad (rocket)
- Zarya
- SpaceX reusable launch system development program
- McDonnell Douglas DC-X
- Project Morpheus NASA program to continue developing ALHAT and Quad landers
- Reusable Vehicle Testing
- Kankoh-maru
References
- New in the development of rocket and space systems: single-stage reusable rocket "CROWN" // Aerospace Technology. Scientific and technical collection. Issue 1 (43) Part 2 / holes. YP Panov, editor EA Osipova. - Miass: SRC "Design Bureau. Academician VP Makeyev ", 1999. - S. 181 - 209. - (XIV). - 400 copies.
- On the possible ways of development of reusable space transportation systems (MTX) // Aerospace Technology. Scientific and technical collection. Issue 1 (48) Part II / holes. OD Parkhomenko, EA Editor Osipova. - Miass: SRC "Design Bureau. Academician VP Makeyev ", 2002. - S. 120 - 340. - (XIV). - 300 copies.
- Anton Pervushin. Chapter 15. Heirs "Buran". The "cold" // The battle for the stars. Part II. The cosmic confrontation. - Moscow: OOO "Publishing ACT», 2004. - 831 p.. - 5000 copies -. ISBN 5-17-024200-X.
- Kosmodem'yanskii AA Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. - 2nd supplemented. - M:. Science, 1987. - 304 p. - 80,000 copies.
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