RX (rocket family)

RX
Designer	National Institute of Aeronautics and Space
Country of origin	Indonesia
Specifications
Spacecraft type	Solid-fuel rockets
Capacity
Payload to

The RX rocket family (Indonesian: Roket Eksperimental) is a series of solid-fuel rockets developed by the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space. They are simply named by their diameter in millimeters; for example, the RX-250 has a diameter of 250 millimeters (9.8 in).[1]

Individual boosters

This family is composed of:[2]

Version	RX-75	RX-100	RX-1220	RX-150	RX-250	RX-320	RX-420	RX-450	RX-550	RX-750	RX-980
Diameter	75 mm	110 mm	122 mm	150 mm	250 mm	320 mm	420 mm	450 mm	550 mm	750 mm	980 mm
Length		1.90 m			5.30 m	4.74 m		7.11 m
Thrust[3]			19.6 kN		53 kN	52 kN	94 kN	126 kN	255 kN
Burn time[3]		2.5 s			6.0 s	9.0 s	12.3 s	19.5 s	14 s
Specific impulse[3]					220 s	220 s	220 s	230 s	240 s
Propellant	Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB)
Propellant mass[3]						371 kg	425 kg	757-765 kg	1,519 kg
Total mass		30 kg			300 kg	532 kg		1718 kg
Payload					30–60 kg
Flights					8	3	1	5
Years active[4]			2015-2019		1987–2007	2008–2014	2009	2015-2020
Apogee reached[4]		7 km			70–100 km	40–42 km	43 km	44-84 km
Range reached		11 km	25 km					129 km
Notes	Characteristics in italics are design values, they have not been measured yet.

RX-250 was launched eight times from 1987 to 2007.[4] RX-320 was launched twice in 2008[4] and once again in 2014.[5] RX-420 flew just once in 2009; it is superseded by RX-450 which was launched on 13 May 2015[6] As of May 2016, the next booster version RX-550 is under construction; the larger ones are only on the drawing board.

Multi-stage rockets

Once the solid boosters are fully qualified, LAPAN plans to assemble several of them into multi-stage rockets called Roket Pengorbit Satelit or RPS. Four staging configurations have been retained so far:[7]

RPS-01 Variant 1 (ex-RPS-420)

First stage: 3 x RX-420
Second stage: 1 x RX-420
Third stage: 1 x RX-420 (shorter)
Fourth stage: 1 x RX-320
Total height: 10.00 meters (32.81 ft)

RPS-01 Variant 2b

First stage: 1 x RX-550 + 2 x RX-420
Second stage: 1 x RX-550
Third stage: 1 x RX-320
Total height: 15.75 meters (51.7 ft)

RPS-01 Variant 3a

First stage: 1 x RX-450
Second stage: 1 x RX-450
Total height: 10.75 meters (35.3 ft)

RPS-01 Variant 3b

First stage: 1 x RX-450 + 2 x RX-320
Second stage: 1 x RX-450
Third stage: 1 x RX-320
Total height: 11.75 meters (38.5 ft)

Earlier plans for the Pengorbitan-1 and -2 orbital launch vehicles (RPS-420s) were based on the RX-420 engine which was superseded by the RX-450. As of May 2016, integration work is proceeding on variants 3a and 3b, whose engines have all been successfully flight-qualified.

Since 2019, LAPAN's rocket division PUSTEKROKET has collaborated with AASPT and CGWIC of China in designing newer multiple stage sounding rockets. The new rockets will be called RX-452 which combined 400 millimeters (16 in) of first stage, and 450 millimeters (18 in) of second stage. The design is based on TK-32 sounding rocket as well as RX-450. It is expected the newer design to be able to reach above 100 kilometers (62 mi), simulation showed the rocket is able to reach 200 kilometers (120 mi). [8]

RX-452

First stage: 1 x RX-400
Second stage: 1 x RX-450
Total height: 8.6 meters (28 ft)

References

"LAPAN and Indonesian Rocket Program | Indomil's Blog". Indomil.wordpress.com. 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
"RPS-01". B14643.de. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
"RX solid rocket motors". B14643.de. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
"LAPAN Chronology". Astronautix.com. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
"Menuju Roket Pengorbit Satelit, RX-320 Sukses Mengudara dan RX-450 Terukur Karakteristiknya" [Towards the Satellite Orbiter Rocket, successful flight of RX-320 and performance measurements of RX-450] (Press release) (in Indonesian). LAPAN. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
"Tahapan Menuju Roket Pengorbit Satelit, Lapan Berhasil Luncurkan RX-450" [A step towards the Satellite Orbiter Rocket, LAPAN successfully launches RX-450] (Press release) (in Indonesian). LAPAN. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
"RPS-01 Staging". B14643.de. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
"Lakin Pustekroket" (PDF). kinerja.lapan.go.id. Retrieved 2020-07-28.

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[wordpress1-1] "LAPAN and Indonesian Rocket Program | Indomil's Blog". Indomil.wordpress.com. 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

[b2-2] "RPS-01". B14643.de. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

[b2-propulsion-3] "RX solid rocket motors". B14643.de. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[astronautix-chrono-4] "LAPAN Chronology". Astronautix.com. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

[lapan-20140825-5] "Menuju Roket Pengorbit Satelit, RX-320 Sukses Mengudara dan RX-450 Terukur Karakteristiknya" [Towards the Satellite Orbiter Rocket, successful flight of RX-320 and performance measurements of RX-450] (Press release) (in Indonesian). LAPAN. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[6] "Tahapan Menuju Roket Pengorbit Satelit, Lapan Berhasil Luncurkan RX-450" [A step towards the Satellite Orbiter Rocket, LAPAN successfully launches RX-450] (Press release) (in Indonesian). LAPAN. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[b2-staging-7] "RPS-01 Staging". B14643.de. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[PUSTEKROKET-Lapan-8] "Lakin Pustekroket" (PDF). kinerja.lapan.go.id. Retrieved 2020-07-28.

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