New retractable assisted takeoff rocket engine for manned aircraft known as BS 605, developed by Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd, can be withdrawn into aircraft profile when not in use; each of pair of engines fitted to Hawker Siddeley "Buccaneer" delivers 4000 lb of thrust; current proposal of same company is for three-stage satellite launcher, which would be capable of putting payload of 220 lb in 300-mi polar orbit; this launcher would have diameter of 6 ft 6.7 in. at base and would be about 40 to 45 ft high; it would use BS 606 engine (50,000 lb thrust) in first stage, BS 625 (15,000 lb thrust in vacuo) in second, and solid propellant motor in third stage.
Rocket engine development
Engineer
Engineer ; 220 , n 5713
1965
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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