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Engines

A number of different engines were developed for usage on the several launch vehicles:

  • S-10-1 solid rocket engine. Used on Sonda 1. Thrust: 27 kN.
  • S-10-2 solid rocket engine. Used on Sonda 1. Thrust: 4.20 kN, burn time: 32 s.
  • S-20 Avibras solid rocket engine. Used on Sonda 2 and Sonda 3. Thrust:36 kN
  • S-23 Avibrassolid rocket engine. Used on Sonda 3M1. Thrust:18 kN
  • S-30 IAE solid rocket engine. Used on Sonda 3, Sonda 3M1, Sonda 4, VS-30, VS-30/Orion and VSB-30. Thrust: 20.490 kN
  • S-31 IAE solid rocket engine. Used on VSB-30. Thrust: 240 kN
  • S-40TM IAE solid rocket engine. Used on VLS-R1, VS-40, VLS-1 and VLM-1. Thrust: 208.4 kN, isp=272s.
  • S-43 IAE solid rocket engine. Used on Sonda 4, VLS-R1 and VLS-1. Thrust: 303 kN, isp=265s
  • S-43TM IAE solid rocket engine. Used on VLS-R1, VLS-1 and VLM. Thrust: 321.7 kN, isp=276s
  • S-44 IAE solid rocket engine. Used on VLS-R1, VS-40, VLS-1 and VLM-1. Thrust:33.24 kN, isp=282s
  • L5 liquid fuel rocket engine. Used on VLS-Alfa.
  • L15 liquid fuel rocket engine. Used on VS-15. Thrust: 15 kN
  • L75 liquid fuel rocket engine, similar to the Russian RD-0109. Used on VLS-Alfa, VLS-Beta, VLS-Omega, VLS-Gama and VLS-Epsilon. Thrust: 75 kN
  • S-50 IAE solid rocket engine. Used on VLM-1 and VS-50.
  • L1500 liquid fuel rocket engine. Used on VLS-Beta, VLS-Omega, VLS-Gama and VLS-Epsilon. Thrust: 1500 kN

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