Makeev State Rocket Center Corona SSTO project

[tequilashooter]

View: https://youtu.be/vIV0gVZPvlM
demonstration for "the crown" rocket.

 

[Acatomic]

Aerospike engine being developed by the South Ural state university (I think this is for CORONA SSTO)

View: https://youtu.be/7YeqR1VaHds

 

[Forest Green]

Is there a translation for the specs. on this graphic for the Corona?

 

[Anduriel]

Yes, it's Corona.

 

[publiusr]

The size of an R-7 strap-on?

 

[Brett Davidson]

The size of an R-7 strap-on?

My very poor reading:

Height with legs, 33.9 m

Height with legs retracted, 30.5 m

Maximum diameter, 10 m

Weight at launch, 270-290 t

Payload 6-7 t?

...um, that's it.

 

[NMaude]

The size of an R-7 strap-on?

Don't you mean SS-6 Sapwood?

 

[Anduriel]

Corona
Designer: Makeev DB
Launch mass: 270-290t
Height w/ legs: 33.9 m
Length: 30.5 m
Max diameter: 10m
Payload: 7t (sea launch)
6t (Russian cosmodrome)
Main engine: aerospike engine
Vacuum thrust: ~488tf (4.8MN)
Fuel: H2 ~35t
Oxidizer: O2 ~210t

Construction, from top to bottom:
Frontal bay with stabilization/orientation and precision movement engines
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Oxidizer tank
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Payload bay (instrumentation and service bay) and another set of stabilization/orientation and precision movement at this level
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Fuel tanks
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Rear bay + another set of stabilization/orientation and precision movement
Orbital maueuver engines
Landing/takeoff shock absorbers
Main engine

 

[Acatomic]

News is from March 2023 but I think it’s worth posting:

The reusable Korona rocket will be able to launch cargo into orbit and return it back​

Its main advantages are, in particular, the low cost of launching the payload due to the complete reusability of the system, as well as the high launch rate, the press service of Roscosmos noted.
MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. The reusable single-stage carrier rocket Korona will be able not only to launch cargo, but also to return it to Earth, and also be used to refuel and repair objects in orbit. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday by the press service of Roscosmos.

They specified that on March 28, a meeting on research and development work to confirm key technologies of the project was held at the Academician V. P. Makeyev State Rocket Center (Makeyev State Rocket Center, part of Roscosmos), in which the executive director of the state corporation for advanced programs and science, Alexander Bloshchenko, took part. The meeting presented reports on key design solutions, the design appearance of the main parts of the rocket, and the planned work to confirm the technologies for their creation on mock-ups and models.

"The main advantages of the Korona launch vehicle being developed are the low cost of launching the payload due to the complete reusability of the system, high launch rates, the ability not only to launch but also to return cargo from orbit with a mass commensurate with the launch mass, as well as to refuel and repair objects in orbit," they noted there.

In February, Vladimir Degtyar, CEO of the Makeyev State Rocket Center, announced during the Demidov Readings held at the Ural Federal University that the company would begin research and development work on the creation of the Korona this year. According to him, the rocket will have an extremely low cost of launching a payload into orbit, and its use will be up to 100 times.

Source: https://tass.ru/kosmos/17390061

 

[Acatomic]

From April 2024:

 

[flateric]

2018

 

[Acatomic]

History of Corona (Korona) development:

 

[Acatomic]

Work on Korona will proceed:

Roscosmos: Work on the Korona reusable rocket project will begin in 2026.​

The results of tests and calculations confirmed the feasibility of implementing the project.

MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. The start of development work on Russia's fully reusable Korona launch vehicle project is scheduled for 2026, Roscosmos reported.

"Experimental design work will begin in 2026," the statement said.

It was noted that an extended meeting was held at the Makeyev State Space Center (part of Roscosmos) to review the final materials and results of the research and development work. "The results of the tests and calculations confirmed the feasibility of the project," the state corporation emphasized.

Roscosmos added that the advanced rocket will be capable of quickly launching satellites into orbit, retrieving disabled spacecraft, and flying from one point on Earth to another in minutes.

The Korona's launch weight will be approximately 300 tons, and its payload weight will be up to 6 tons. The rocket is expected to have an extremely low cost of launching a payload into orbit, and a single rocket can be used up to 100 times.

A simplified launch pad and unmanned refueling system are proposed for launches and landings. In 2024, Yuri Borisov, then head of Roscosmos, announced that such infrastructure could appear at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Source: https://tass.ru/kosmos/25501091