Engineering:1.8KS7800
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Short description: Rocket engine
 AIM-7 Sparrow missile is fired from an F-15 fighter. The missile is using the 1.8KS7800 rocket engine. | |
| Country of origin | United States |
|---|---|
| Date | 1957 |
| Designer | Aerojet |
| Status | Retired |
| Solid-fuel motor | |
| Performance | |
| Thrust (vac.) | 35 kN |
| Chamber pressure | 1,000 psi (6,900 kPa) |
| Isp (vac.) | 238.8 s |
| Burn time | 1.8 s |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 1.3 m |
| Diameter | 0.2 m |
| References | |
| References | [1] |
1.8KS7800 is a solid propellant[2] rocket engine designed by Aerojet.[3] It is used in the AIM-7A, AIM7B and AIM7C Sparrow missiles[4] and the Aerobee 300-300A sounding rocket.[5] The designation 1.8KS7800 means that the engine burns during 1.8 seconds and generates 7,800 pounds of thrust.[6][7][8]
References
- ↑ "A compendium of aerobee sounding rocket launchings from 1959 through 1963". NASA. January 1, 1966. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19660005621/downloads/19660005621.pdf.
- ↑ Aviation Week. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 1956. https://books.google.com/books?id=LIVKAQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ Aviation Week & Space Technology. McGraw-Hill. 1964. https://books.google.com/books?id=pfk9AQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ Parsch, Andreas (April 7, 2007). "Raytheon AAM-N-2,3,6/AIM-101/AIM-7/RIM-7 Sparrow". http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-7.html. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- ↑ "Data book for environmental testing and spacecraft evaluation". NASA. January 1, 1965. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19670008833/downloads/19670008833.pdf. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ↑ "Rocket Motor, Solid Fuel, 1.KS 7800, Sparrow II Missile". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19590099003. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- ↑ Wade, Mark (2008). "1.8KS7800". http://www.astronautix.com/engines/18ks7800.htm. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan (February 2007). "Stages". http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/sdb/Stages. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
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