اوتراگ
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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.
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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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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- inception
- 1975-01-01
- Commons category
- OTRAG
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1987-00-00
- item operated
- Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
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