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Russian space engineers are designing a next-generation, super-heavy booster rocket, local media reported Tuesday. Anatoly Kuzin, deputy general director of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, was reported by the ITAR-TASS news agency as saying the center is working on a three-stage rocket capable of lifting 110 tons of payload into low-Earth orbit and providing materials for assembling future space stations there. All manned spaceflights currently are limited to low-Earth orbit, between 210 miles and 840 miles in altitude. The rocket's four-chambered RD-170 engine will be used in the first stage, Kuzin said, followed by the RD-180, a two-thrust-chamber derivative of the RD-170, for the second stage. The third stage will have the one-chamber RD-0122 engine. The center's existing Angara rockets, which are designed for heavy lift and similar to the U.S. Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, or EELV, can lift a maximum of 27 tons of payload into low-Earth orbit. All rights reserved. © 2005 United Press International. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by United Press International. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of United Press International. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
The Promise Of Modular Launch Vehicles
Prague, Czech (SPX) Mar 07, 2005It is not necessary to solve a problem EELVs versus HLLVs. The best solution is to connect both systems in a modular concept. At the present time, there exist four possible modules suitable for such concept: |
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