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The Indian space program has been using solid fuel rockets in most of their space launchers. I'm not sure how that compares to the (liquid fueled) RD-180 in te
by exDM69 10y ago
The Indian space program has been using solid fuel rockets in most of their space launchers.
I'm not sure how that compares to the (liquid fueled) RD-180 in terms of efficiency, but it's a very different type of engine.
- avmich 10y agoI think these days you can find solid fuel boosters, LH2-LOX upper stage and storables - all on a single ISRO rocket. Can you also find a kerosene stage?
- swatkat 10y agoKerosene stage[1] will be ready in few years, probably by 2020. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCE-200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCE-200