RX-250-LPN
The RX-250-LPN is a solid -propelled single-stage Indonesian sounding rocket that is part of the RX family of rockets. It was started eight times between 1987 and 2007 and reached a maximum height of 100 km on September 29, 2004. The manufacturer LAPAN began developing the rocket in 1984. It was shot down for the first time in 1987. The rocket can carry various measuring instruments for power measurement and for meteorological measurements as a payload .
Technical specifications
- Summit height: 70 km
- Starting thrust: 52 kN
- Takeoff weight: 300 kg
- Diameter: 0.25 m
- Length: 5.30 m
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f RX-250-LPN in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- ↑ RX-250-LPN: Indonesias-Sounding-Rocket, in: Sport Rocketry September / October 2006, p. 36/37 , PDF file
- ↑ a b c d e RX-250-LPN in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)