Description of a new, medium-class Delta launch-vehicle configuration, the three-stage Model 2914. The first stage of this vehicle is composed of a liquid-propellant core which is thrust-augmented with up to nine strap-on solid-propellant motors. The second stage, recently uprated with a strap-down inertial guidance system, is now being modified to adapt the liquid-propellant descent engine from the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module. The third stage is a spin-stabilized solid-propellant motor. The Model 2914 is capable of injecting 2040 kg into low earth orbit, 705 kg into geosynchronous transfer orbit, or 455 kg into an escape trajectory.
The Delta launch vehicle Model 2914 series
International Astronautical Congress ; 1973 ; Baku, Azerbaidzhan SSR
1973-10-01
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English
The Delta Launch Vehicle Model 2914 Series
NTRS | 1973
|The delta Launch Vehicle Model 2914 Series
NTIS | 1973
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