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Blue Whale-1
Blue Whale-1
[Perigee Aerospace]
The Blue Whale-1 is planned South Korean small orbital rocket developed privately by Perigee Aerospace, backed by Samsung.
Blue Whale-1 has a length of 8.5 m with a constant diameter of 0.76 m and features a LNG and LOX fueled engines. The engine runs oxidiser rich staged combustion to achieve 348 s Isp in vacuum. Stage two has the same diameter diameter. The lift-off mass is 1800 kg.
The Blue Whale-1 is capable to put 50 kg into a 500 km sun-syncronous orbit or 65 kg into LEO.
The Blue Whale-1 rocket is planned to be launched from Southern Launch's Whaler's Way Orbital Launch Complex in Australia. The maiden launch has been orginally planned for 2020, but has been delayed.
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Whale-1 | Stage 1 / ? | Stage 2 / ? |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Whale-1 | 65 | 50 |
Nr TypeNr Vehicle Serial Date LS Suc Payload
none Planned: 1 1 Blue Whale-1 xx.xx.2021 Wha (R&D) 2 2 Blue Whale-1 xx.xx.202x Wha ? Launch sites: Wha = Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, Sleaford, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
