OTRAG
Sign in to saveThe OTRAG rocket was a West German modular satellite-delivery rocket developed by the OTRAG company (, or ) in the 1970s and 80s. The OTRAG rocket was to become a rocket built up from several mass-produced units, intended to carry satellites with a weight of 1-10 tons or more into orbit. Mass production meant that the vehicle was projected to have been 10x cheaper than conventional vehicles of similar capability.
Key facts
- Rocket.name
- OTRAG
- Rocket.function
- Launch vehicle
- Rocket.manufacturer
- OTRAG
- Rocket.country origin
- West Germany
- Rocket.status
- Retired
- Rocket.sites
- Shaba North, Congo Sabha, Libya Esrange, Sweden
- Rocket.launches
- 18
- Rocket.first
- 18 May 1977
- Rocket.last
- 19 September 1983
- Rocket/stage.name
- Common Rocket Propulsion Unit
- Rocket/stage.engines
- 1 × OTRAG
- Rocket/stage.burntime
- 140 seconds
- Company.name
- OTRAG
- Company.logo
- OTRAG_Logo_Colour.svg
- Company.industry
- Alternative propulsion system for rockets
- Company.fate
- Nationalized by Libya
- Company.predecessor
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1975
- Dissolved
- 1987
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- Germany
- Industry
- aerospace industry
- Legal form
- S.A.
- Image
- Argosy-cn 6791-9Q-COA-ORAS-1977-03-05-MUC-s.jpg
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Rocket design
- Flight history
- Corporate history
- Controversies and future outlook
- Resurgence of interest
- See also
- References
- External links
The OTRAG rocket was a West German modular satellite-delivery rocket developed by the OTRAG company (, or ) in the 1970s and 80s. The OTRAG rocket was to become a rocket built up from several mass-produced units, intended to carry satellites with a weight of 1-10 tons or more into orbit. Mass production meant that the vehicle was projected to have been 10x cheaper than conventional vehicles of similar capability.
OTRAG was based in Stuttgart, and in the late 1970s and early 1980s planned to develop an alternative propulsion system for rockets. OTRAG was the first commercial developer and producer of space launch vehicles. The rocket was claimed to be an inexpensive alternative to existing launch systems through mass-production of Common Rocket Propulsion Units (CRPU).