Blue Streak is cylinder 10-ft in diam, with oa length of 60-ft; weight, with fuel, is about 90 tons; propulsion bay contains 2 Rolls-Royce rocket engines capable of giving combined thrust of 300,000 lb; firings of rocket are carried out at Spadeadam site, England, or Woomera, Australia; tabulation of technical data on booster and details of Rolls-Royce RZ2 rocket engines.


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    Title :

    Blue Streak booster


    Additional title:

    Spaceflight


    Published in:

    Spaceflight ; 4 , n 1


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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