RO Experimental Heavy Lift

[RedKraken]

Welcome to Experimental Heavy Lift

Big Rockets....

Economic....nope.
Practical...not really.
Dangerous...only for adjacent suburbs.
Big      ...yes.

"BFRs that were BFRs before the BFR was a BFR."

TsSKB Progress Methane Proposal 2013

180t to LEO, 3500t, 90m, 4m boosters, 8m core

RD-0164 is the proposed 3300kN methane engine (sl Raptor-equivalent) for Soyuz-5

boosters are crossfeed

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/stk.html

Edited October 27, 2016 by RedKraken

[Matuchkin]

Dimensions?

[RedKraken]

90m,   4m boosters, 8m core

3500t

boosters are crossfeed

Edited October 27, 2016 by RedKraken

[RedKraken]

SLS with F1 Boosters

3300t, 100m, 5.6m boosters, 8.4m core, 165t to LEO.

4x F-1A plus 4x RS-25D/E. RS-25 upper stage.

Edited October 27, 2016 by RedKraken

[RedKraken]

Hydrogen Lift Concept (RS-25s)

3000t, 90m, 6.4m boosters, 6.8m core, 215t to LEO

20 RS-25s at liftoff. You use RS-25s when somebody else is paying for them.

Crossfeed boosters. RS-25 upper stage.

Edited October 27, 2016 by RedKraken

[RedKraken]

Energia-5k Proposal

2400t, 70m, 4.2m tanks, 100t to LEO. Kerolox.

RD170 boosters. RD-191s core. RD-191V upper stage.

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/energia5k.html

Edited October 27, 2016 by RedKraken

[RedKraken]

SFR Concept

2150t, 90m by 7.6m, 110t to LEO

9 sl raptors + 1 vac raptor

Edited October 27, 2016 by RedKraken

[RedKraken]

FFR Concept

700t, 63m by 5.2m, 36t to LEO

9 sl raptors + 1 vac raptor .... all 1MN (1/3 full-scale)