06-14-2010, 02:28 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by CPMcGraw
Here's an additional link to the development of the first stage. The Naro-1 first stage is a derivative of the Khrunichev Angara design.
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Indeed--the Naro-1 was supposed to showcase the Angara's URM (Universal Rocket Module) technology, which uses a common core module concept like the Delta IV and the Falcon 9 Heavy; unfortunately, the showcase has proved more reliable than its contents thus far. :-( (Incidentally, the Russians once looked into launching Angara vehicles from the Poker Flat Research Range [see: www.pfrr.alaska.edu ] 30 miles north of Fairbanks. One of their reasons for not following up on it was that there isn't a security fence around the facility, as it is too large to fence, and a fence would keep the moose, bears, lynx, and foxes out!) |