Some russian SLV rockets at the beginning of the 2000s

[Temistocle]

Hi, in a conference proceedings book I found some interesting russian rocket projects (+ some history) at the beginning of the XXI century from these bureaus:

SRC (Makayev)
1) the Volna, developed from RSM-50 SLBM (SS-N-18)
2) the Shtil, developed from the RSM-64 SLBM (SSS-N-23)
3) the Rickshaw, using LOX and liquid methane (and a brief hhistory about this propellant for rockets)

FCDT Soyuz
1) Development of solid propellant rocket for soft landing, emergency of Soyuz TM capsule, etc.
2) SLV Start developed from a mobile ICBM launcheher (SS-25)

Keldysh Research Center
1) development of various rockets

Makeev design bureau (ex SKB-385)
1) SLBM develpment history of this bureau

FCDT Soyuz
1) a two page history of the bureau



Disclaimer 1: the book is very thick, it was difficult to make scans with my cellphone...
Disclaimer 2: Some of the images/pictures are already printed in a very low quality

 

[publiusr]

Volna---that was the one where the upper stage nozzle was submerged in a propellant tank of the first stage---it basically cut itself in two during flight.

And the head of the Planetary Society went through two of them. Thanks Louis. He wanted to kill SD HLLVs and made a fool out of himself with Volnas.