[FPSPACE] Mystery (Chelomei?) Rocket

[agzak at optonline.net]

David:

I checked my archive and possibly found few photos of the scaled model of that vehicle among Chelomei's proposals. Need to verify the designation -- possibly UR-530 or UR-550:

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_manned_lunar.html

I think the RD-191 engine is a contemporary design... simply speaking a one chamber-version of the RD-170 engine, re-purposed for the Angara rocket.

Anatoly Zak   



----- Original Message -----
From: Kosmos327 at aol.com
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008 1:11 am
Subject: [FPSPACE] Mystery (Chelomei?) Rocket
To: fpspace at friends-partners.org

> Respected Colleagues!
> 
> I am looking for the identity of the rocket model on the left in 
> this photo  
> ...
> 
> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2745213821_8e28723ac8_o.jpg
> 
> It is very similar to a drawing I have of a booster whose first 
> stage was  
> approximately 18m in length and consisted of seven 3.9m wide 
> boosters (six  
> strapped around one) each with a single RD-191 engine, capable of 
> launching a  
> payload 5m wide.
> 
> Is there a possibility that the two are related?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> David L. Rickman
> 
> 
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Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com