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Orion is a series of American solid-fuel rocket stages, developed and manufactured by a joint venture between Hercules Aerospace and Alliant Techsystems (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems). They were originally developed for use as all three stages on the Pegasus rocket , first flown in 1990.
The P120C is a solid-fuel rocket motor designed for use as the first stage of the Vega-C and as the boosters of the Ariane 6 launch vehicles. The solid rocket motors were developed by Europropulsion, a joint venture of Avio and ArianeGroup, for the European Space Agency. The "C" in the name signifies its "Common" use across these vehicles.
For the list of predominantly solid-fueled orbital launch systems, see: Comparison of solid-fueled orbital launch systems. Spacecraft propulsion [note 1] is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. Orbital launch systems are rockets and other systems capable of placing payloads into or beyond Earth orbit.
The Terrier Orion system is designed to be rail launched, and can be supported at most fixed and mobile launch sites. [2] The Terrier Mk 12 Mod 1 or Mk 70 rocket used for the first stage uses an 18-inch (46 cm) diameter motor along with 2.5-or-4.8-square-foot (0.23 or 0.45 m 2) cruciform configured tail fins. The Improved Orion motor used in ...
[129] [130] [131] The 5-segment solid rocket booster would be carried over to SLS. [100] Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems has completed full-duration static fire tests of the five-segment solid rocket boosters. Qualification Motor 1 was tested on 10 March 2015. [132] Qualification Motor 2 was successfully tested on 28 June 2016. [133]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Desperate to address surging demand for solid fuel rocket engines, the Pentagon is close to giving a contract for new motors to the untested, privately held startup Ursa ...
Solid Liquid LEO Other orbit Ares I: 1 1 United States: Alliant Techsystems / Boeing: 94 5.5 25000 (2015) 0/0 Cancelled Athena I: 2 1 United States: Lockheed Martin: 1995 2001 3/4 Retired Athena Ic: 2 1 United States: Lockheed Martin Alliant Techsystems (2012) 0/0 Development Athena II [7] 3 1 United States: Lockheed Martin: 30.5 2.36 120.2 ...
The fourth stage of the Minotaur IV is the Orion 38 motor, which is also used in the Minotaur-C, Minotaur I, Pegasus, and Ground-Based Interceptor rockets. This motor performs the final orbital insertion burn for the payload. Like the first three stages, the Orion 38 also features thrust vectoring, with a 5-degree range of motion. [2]