Novikov
09-06-2005, 19:38
Glushko-1 MRBM
Having been in the design stages for the past three years, the Glushko-1 is Novikov’s first attempt to design an indigenous missile system. Though currently in the process of procuring ICBMs from foreign distributors, the decision was made to proceed with the Glushko program as a means of remaining self-sufficient, a policy which has dominated Novikov’s mildly isolationist past.
The technology of the Glushko program is largely an expansion of existing technology used in Novikov’s ancient SCUD weapons. The missile itself consists of a three-stage delivery device, intended to carry a small observational or communications satellite, a Co-Orbital ASAT device into space, or a .02 MT SRV nuclear device. The first stage is a liquid-fuel rocket essentially designed as a lengthened and widened version of the SCUD-E’s engine. The second stage similarly based on a slightly modified SCUD-C engine, and the third consists of a small ellipsoidal solid-fuel motor used to boost the payload to orbital height and velocity.
The fuel used in the two principal engines has been altered following a slight redesign of the SCUD engine, from the standard Soviet UDMH mixture to the more easily procured TM-185 mixture. Similarly, in the interest of greater production, the RFNA oxidizer has been replaced with AK-271 which can be manufactured at three various facilities throughout Novikov. These changes have made little difference in the calculated range of the Glushko-1, and it remains capable of striking nearly 3,100 kilometers.
Initial testing of the rocket engines have shown them to be stable in sustained firing, and, though the missile has yet to complete a successful test launch, it is by all indications and effective intermediate-range delivery device and represents the cutting edge of the Novikovian space program.
Payloads designed for the Glushko-1 include the N-Sat 1 LEO Satellite, a conventional tactical payload (2,000 kg), or a Single Re-Entry Vehicle – planned to be fitted with a 20 kiloton nuclear device or a proximity detonation conventional weapon. The N-Sat 1 has an operational life of 800 hours, and can be deployed currently as a communication’s relay satellite. Plans exist to refit the N-Sat 1 with an observational camera, giving Novikov its own limited observational satellite coverage, possibly within a month of the first successful N-Sat 1 launch. This modification carries the tentative designation O-Sat 1.
The SRV employed by the three-stage Glushko-1 is capable of bringing up to 790 kg of material – be it a small nuclear device or conventional munitions – into temporary Earth orbit and back down. While this vehicle has been designed principally as a delivery device for tactical weapons, it also is undergoing preliminary testing as an ASAT weapon – utilizing a 700 kg of cluster munitions linked to a radar proximity device to provide a lethal area of coverage when the device comes within range of a targeted satellite. Current estimates for accuracy give the missile a 40% chance of delivering its payload within range of the targeted satellite, and the weapons provide a 60% chance of kill – giving this ASAT device a 24% chance of kill, according to current estimates.
Glushko-1 MRBM
Range (Missile): 2,640 km
Range (SRV): 3,020 km
Re-Entry Vehicle Weight: 1,200 kg
Deployment: Hard
Configuration: Two-Stage or Three-Stage
Length: 28.9 meters
Diameter: 1.45 meters
Mass: 32,000 kg
Guidance: Internal
Stage 1 (SCUD-E)
Height: 15 meters to Stage 2 interface
Diameter: 1.45 meters
Launch Weight: 18,800 kg
Thrust (Effective): 31,224 kg f
Thrust (Actual): 32,080 kg f
Thrust Chambers: 1
Burn Time: 97 sec
Fuel: TM-185 (20% Gasoline + 80% Kerosene)
Oxidizer: AK-27I (27% N2O4 + 73% HNO3 + Iodium Inhibitor)
Propellant Mass: 13,112 kg
Shutdown Altitude: Est. 37 km
Stage 2 (SCUD-C)
Height: 9.8 meters to Stage 3 interface
Diameter: 1 meter
Launch Weight: 9,680 kg
Launch Thrust (Effective): 7,602 kg f
Launch Thrust (Actual): 7,791 kg f
Thrust Chambers: 1
Burn Time to Staging: 132 sec (at optimal thrust)
Fuel: TM-185 (20% Gasoline + 80% Kerosene)
Oxidizer: AK-27I (27% N2O4 + 73% HNO3 + Iodium Inhibitor)
Propellant Mass: 3,444 kg
Shutdown Altitude: Est. 342 km
Stage 3 (Solid Motor)
Height: 4.1 meters with shroud encapsulation
Diameter: 1 meter
Shroud Diameter: 1.3 meters
Launch Weight: 1,400 kg total package
Thrust: 3,409 kg f
Burn Time to Staging: 27 sec
Propellant: Solid Propellant
Shutdown Altitude: Est. 371 km
Orbital Injection Velocity: 8,690 m/sec
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Satellite Payload (N-Sat 01)
Diameter: 0.9 meters
Length: 1.5 meters
Mass: 95 kg
Relay Frequency: 27-32 MHz
Stabilization: Dual-Axis (Provided by two gyroscopes)
Operational Life: 800 hours
Satellite Payload (O-Sat 1)
Diameter: 0.9 meters
Length: 1.7 meters
Mass: 112 kg
Observational Equipment: One wide-lens high-resolution (8 meters = 1 pixle) camera
Data Transmission Meathod: VHF Radio Encoding
Transmission Frequency: 488MHz
Stabilization: Dual-Axis (Provided by two gyroscopes)
Operational Life: 920 hours
ASAT Weapon (ASAT-2)
Diameter: 1.24 meters
Height: 3.2 meters
Guidance: Pre-programmed launch data
Targeting: Proximity detonation
Payload: 700 kg of Cluster Munitions (360 degree spread)
Kill Range (Estimated): 3.75 km
Stabilization: None
Operational Life: 35 minutes
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[OOC: This is my first attempt at missile design. Critiques are welcomed.]
Having been in the design stages for the past three years, the Glushko-1 is Novikov’s first attempt to design an indigenous missile system. Though currently in the process of procuring ICBMs from foreign distributors, the decision was made to proceed with the Glushko program as a means of remaining self-sufficient, a policy which has dominated Novikov’s mildly isolationist past.
The technology of the Glushko program is largely an expansion of existing technology used in Novikov’s ancient SCUD weapons. The missile itself consists of a three-stage delivery device, intended to carry a small observational or communications satellite, a Co-Orbital ASAT device into space, or a .02 MT SRV nuclear device. The first stage is a liquid-fuel rocket essentially designed as a lengthened and widened version of the SCUD-E’s engine. The second stage similarly based on a slightly modified SCUD-C engine, and the third consists of a small ellipsoidal solid-fuel motor used to boost the payload to orbital height and velocity.
The fuel used in the two principal engines has been altered following a slight redesign of the SCUD engine, from the standard Soviet UDMH mixture to the more easily procured TM-185 mixture. Similarly, in the interest of greater production, the RFNA oxidizer has been replaced with AK-271 which can be manufactured at three various facilities throughout Novikov. These changes have made little difference in the calculated range of the Glushko-1, and it remains capable of striking nearly 3,100 kilometers.
Initial testing of the rocket engines have shown them to be stable in sustained firing, and, though the missile has yet to complete a successful test launch, it is by all indications and effective intermediate-range delivery device and represents the cutting edge of the Novikovian space program.
Payloads designed for the Glushko-1 include the N-Sat 1 LEO Satellite, a conventional tactical payload (2,000 kg), or a Single Re-Entry Vehicle – planned to be fitted with a 20 kiloton nuclear device or a proximity detonation conventional weapon. The N-Sat 1 has an operational life of 800 hours, and can be deployed currently as a communication’s relay satellite. Plans exist to refit the N-Sat 1 with an observational camera, giving Novikov its own limited observational satellite coverage, possibly within a month of the first successful N-Sat 1 launch. This modification carries the tentative designation O-Sat 1.
The SRV employed by the three-stage Glushko-1 is capable of bringing up to 790 kg of material – be it a small nuclear device or conventional munitions – into temporary Earth orbit and back down. While this vehicle has been designed principally as a delivery device for tactical weapons, it also is undergoing preliminary testing as an ASAT weapon – utilizing a 700 kg of cluster munitions linked to a radar proximity device to provide a lethal area of coverage when the device comes within range of a targeted satellite. Current estimates for accuracy give the missile a 40% chance of delivering its payload within range of the targeted satellite, and the weapons provide a 60% chance of kill – giving this ASAT device a 24% chance of kill, according to current estimates.
Glushko-1 MRBM
Range (Missile): 2,640 km
Range (SRV): 3,020 km
Re-Entry Vehicle Weight: 1,200 kg
Deployment: Hard
Configuration: Two-Stage or Three-Stage
Length: 28.9 meters
Diameter: 1.45 meters
Mass: 32,000 kg
Guidance: Internal
Stage 1 (SCUD-E)
Height: 15 meters to Stage 2 interface
Diameter: 1.45 meters
Launch Weight: 18,800 kg
Thrust (Effective): 31,224 kg f
Thrust (Actual): 32,080 kg f
Thrust Chambers: 1
Burn Time: 97 sec
Fuel: TM-185 (20% Gasoline + 80% Kerosene)
Oxidizer: AK-27I (27% N2O4 + 73% HNO3 + Iodium Inhibitor)
Propellant Mass: 13,112 kg
Shutdown Altitude: Est. 37 km
Stage 2 (SCUD-C)
Height: 9.8 meters to Stage 3 interface
Diameter: 1 meter
Launch Weight: 9,680 kg
Launch Thrust (Effective): 7,602 kg f
Launch Thrust (Actual): 7,791 kg f
Thrust Chambers: 1
Burn Time to Staging: 132 sec (at optimal thrust)
Fuel: TM-185 (20% Gasoline + 80% Kerosene)
Oxidizer: AK-27I (27% N2O4 + 73% HNO3 + Iodium Inhibitor)
Propellant Mass: 3,444 kg
Shutdown Altitude: Est. 342 km
Stage 3 (Solid Motor)
Height: 4.1 meters with shroud encapsulation
Diameter: 1 meter
Shroud Diameter: 1.3 meters
Launch Weight: 1,400 kg total package
Thrust: 3,409 kg f
Burn Time to Staging: 27 sec
Propellant: Solid Propellant
Shutdown Altitude: Est. 371 km
Orbital Injection Velocity: 8,690 m/sec
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Satellite Payload (N-Sat 01)
Diameter: 0.9 meters
Length: 1.5 meters
Mass: 95 kg
Relay Frequency: 27-32 MHz
Stabilization: Dual-Axis (Provided by two gyroscopes)
Operational Life: 800 hours
Satellite Payload (O-Sat 1)
Diameter: 0.9 meters
Length: 1.7 meters
Mass: 112 kg
Observational Equipment: One wide-lens high-resolution (8 meters = 1 pixle) camera
Data Transmission Meathod: VHF Radio Encoding
Transmission Frequency: 488MHz
Stabilization: Dual-Axis (Provided by two gyroscopes)
Operational Life: 920 hours
ASAT Weapon (ASAT-2)
Diameter: 1.24 meters
Height: 3.2 meters
Guidance: Pre-programmed launch data
Targeting: Proximity detonation
Payload: 700 kg of Cluster Munitions (360 degree spread)
Kill Range (Estimated): 3.75 km
Stabilization: None
Operational Life: 35 minutes
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[OOC: This is my first attempt at missile design. Critiques are welcomed.]