Antares 2
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Antares 2 (X-259) was an American solid rocket engine stage and engine built by Hercules/ABL / Thiokol. It was used from the mid-1960s to 1995, in the Scout and Strypi family of rockets, and on the Project FIRE Velocity Packages. It burned solid propellant – the stage was also the engine's fuel chamber - and was used about 96 times.
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height 2.9 metre, diameter 0.78 metre, specific impulse by weight 293 second, maximum thrust 93.1 kilonewton, mass 1400 kilogram,
United States, Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Reman, Sikh Confederacy, Sweden, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, 1962,
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EL-2002-00420
Antares X259 rocket stage| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | EL-2002-00420 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Antares X259 rocket stage | Commons | ||
