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RX (rocket family)
The RX rocket family (Roket Eksperimental, English: Experimental Rocket) is a series of solid-fuel rockets developed by the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN).
They are simply named by their diameter in millimeters; for example, the RX-250 has a diameter of 250 millimeters (9.8 in). The propellant used is HTPB-based composite propellant.
This family is composed of:
Note: Characteristics in italics are design values, they have not been measured yet.
RX-250 was launched eight times from 1987 to 2007. RX-320 was launched twice in 2008 and once again in 2014. RX-420 flew just once in 2009; it is superseded by RX-450 which was launched on 13 May 2015.
As of May 2016[update], the next booster version RX-550 is under construction; the larger ones are only on the drawing board. RX-550 has a speed of Mach 7.62 which makes it fall into the hypersonic category
In 2017 successful launches of RX 450 and RX 1220 were carried out from the Space and Atmospheric Observation & Technology Testing Center at Garut, West Java. The RX 1220 is a based on the R-HAN122 B.
Two RX-1220 rockets were launched at the Karang Papak Air Force Base on December 23, 2018.
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RX (rocket family)
The RX rocket family (Roket Eksperimental, English: Experimental Rocket) is a series of solid-fuel rockets developed by the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN).
They are simply named by their diameter in millimeters; for example, the RX-250 has a diameter of 250 millimeters (9.8 in). The propellant used is HTPB-based composite propellant.
This family is composed of:
Note: Characteristics in italics are design values, they have not been measured yet.
RX-250 was launched eight times from 1987 to 2007. RX-320 was launched twice in 2008 and once again in 2014. RX-420 flew just once in 2009; it is superseded by RX-450 which was launched on 13 May 2015.
As of May 2016[update], the next booster version RX-550 is under construction; the larger ones are only on the drawing board. RX-550 has a speed of Mach 7.62 which makes it fall into the hypersonic category
In 2017 successful launches of RX 450 and RX 1220 were carried out from the Space and Atmospheric Observation & Technology Testing Center at Garut, West Java. The RX 1220 is a based on the R-HAN122 B.
Two RX-1220 rockets were launched at the Karang Papak Air Force Base on December 23, 2018.