Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, XLR-48-RM-2, for Corvus Air-to-Surface Missile
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This is the pre-packaged liquid fuel Patriot rocket motor for the planned air-to-surface long range (75 miles) Corvus missile for the U.S. Navy, to be launched by carrier-borne aircraft against enemy ships or tactical land targets. The motor, of 1,030 pounds of thrust, was developed by the Reaction Motors Division of the Thiokol Chemical Corporation (RMD).
The pre-packaged motor concept was pioneered by RMD by the mid-1950's and used storable, hypergolic (self-igniting) propellants. It was thus a simple system but much more powerful than comparable-sized solid-fuel motors. Test flights were made in 1960, but Corvus was cancelled four months later. This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1977 from the Thiokol Chemical Corp.
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
Manufacturer
Reaction Motors Div., Thiokol Chemical Corp. Dimensions
Overall: 11 in. wide x 3 ft. 4 3/4 in. long x 5 1/4 in. diameter (27.94 x 103.51 x 13.34cm) Materials
Overall, steel; aluminum propellant and other lines; plastic insulated wires Inventory Number
A19771232000
Credit Line
Gift of Thiokol Chemical Corporation
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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