Chinese modify CZ-2/3 rocket boosters, focus on commercial launch market
Abstract
A program underway in the People's Republic of China to modify the Titan-class CZ-2/3 satellite-launch and ICBM boosters is described on the basis of a recent visit to the manufacturing plant in Shanghai. The present two-stage CZ-2 and three-stage CZ-3 can place 5000 lbs in LEO or 3080 lbs in GEO, respectively, and are produced on a custom basis with a delivery time of about 2 yrs. Modifications introduced include 4 x 6-ft fins and a pogo-suppression system for the four-engine first stage and a steel support band for the combustion chamber of the 80-ton-thrust second-stage main engine.
- Publication:
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Aviation Week Space Technology
- Pub Date:
- July 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985AvWST.123...77C
- Keywords:
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- Booster Rocket Engines;
- Chinese Space Program;
- Manufacturing;
- Space Commercialization;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles