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Shuttle ASRM engine

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Shuttle ASRM engine
Part of Shuttle-0 stage series Family
Hercules solid rocket engine. Planned replacement for shuttle solid rocket boosters after Challenger disaster. A billion dollars spent in development, but contract terminated. NASA decided to stay with Thiokol RSRM.
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AKA: Advanced Solid Rocket Motor; Hercules; Shuttle ASRM. Status: In development. Thrust: 15,565.80 kN (3,499,331 lbf). Gross mass: 625,000 kg (1,377,000 lb). Unfuelled mass: 75,000 kg (165,000 lb). Specific impulse: 286 s. Specific impulse sea level: 259 s. Burn time: 133 s. Height: 38.41 m (126.01 ft). Diameter: 3.81 m (12.49 ft).

Thrust (sl): 14,096.400 kN (3,168,997 lbf). Thrust (sl): 1,437,452 kgf.

Country: USA. Launch Vehicles: Shuttle ASRM. Propellants: Solid. Stages: Shuttle ASRM engine. Agency: Hercules.

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