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T-7A Booster

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AKA: Sounding Rocket Motor; T-7A-S2-0. Status: Out of Production. Date: 1962-1966. Thrust: 46.00 kN (10,341 lbf). Gross mass: 150 kg (330 lb). Unfuelled mass: 33 kg (72 lb). Specific impulse: 209 s. Burn time: 7.50 s. Height: 1.82 m (5.98 ft). Diameter: 0.29 m (0.94 ft).

Fourth Academy solid rocket engine. T-7 sounding rocket. Out of Production. China's first flight solid rocket. First flight 1965. Polysulfide binder with aluminum binder fuel in case of high strength steel with a graphite throat insert. T-7A-S2 zero stage.

Propellant Formulation: Polysulfide.

Country: China. Launch Vehicles: T-7. Propellants: Solid. Stages: T-7 booster. Agency: Fourth Academy. Bibliography: 544.