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Viking (rocket engine)

The Viking rocket engines were members of a series of bipropellant engines for the first and second stages of the Ariane 1 through Ariane 4 commercial launch vehicles, using storable, hypergolic propellants: dinitrogen tetroxide and UH 25, a mixture of 75% UDMH and 25% hydrazine (originally UDMH).

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Chamber
Film-cooled, ablative throat insert
Chamber pressure
5.5 MPa (800 psi)
Country of origin
France
Cycle
Gas-generator cycle
Designer
Société Européenne de Propulsion (SEP)
Diameter
0.95–1.7 m (3.1–5.6 ft)

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Viking (rocket engine)

Nodes11
Edges10
Triples23
Avg. degree1.82
Density0.181818
Components1

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Viking (rocket engine)

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Chamber · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → Film-cooled, ablative throat insert
Chamber pressure · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → 5.5 MPa (800 psi)
Country of origin · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → France
Cycle · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → Gas-generator cycle
Designer · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → Société Européenne de Propulsion (SEP)
Diameter · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → 0.95–1.7 m (3.1–5.6 ft)
First flight · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → 1979
Gimbal range · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → Fixed, swiveled, and gimbaled versions were made
Last flight · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → 2003
Length · 1
Viking (rocket engine) → 2.87–3.51 m (9.4–11.5 ft)

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ariane viking engines used thrust engine first kn second failure water udmh rocket uh 25 launch improved resulting stage reliability

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Viking (rocket engine)ChamberFilm-cooled, ablative throat insert1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Chamber pressure5.5 MPa (800 psi)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Country of originFrance1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)CycleGas-generator cycle1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)DesignerSociété Européenne de Propulsion (SEP)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Diameter0.95–1.7 m (3.1–5.6 ft)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)First flight19791.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Gimbal rangeFixed, swiveled, and gimbaled versions were made1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Last flight20031.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Length2.87–3.51 m (9.4–11.5 ft)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Mixture ratio1.7–1.861.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Nozzle ratio10 (Viking 5C) 30.8 (Viking 4B)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)PredecessorNone1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)PropellantDinitrogen tetroxide / UDMH or UH 251.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Pumps3 coaxial pumps1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)RestartsUnlimited1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Specific impulse, sea-level2.43–2.79 km/s (248–284 s)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Specific impulse, vacuum2.76–2.95 km/s (281–301 s)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)StatusRetired1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)SuccessorVikas Vulcain1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Thrust, sea-level611–678 kN (137,000–152,000 lbf)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Thrust, vacuum690–805 kN (155,000–181,000 lbf)1.00infobox
Viking (rocket engine)Thrust-to-weight ratio80–991.00infobox

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