Systems Analysis of a High Thrust, Low-Cost Rocket Engine

This paper deals with the system-analytical aspects of a high thrust LOX-Kerosene engine to be used in expendable boosters. The attached reference space transportation system is a future Ariane 5 with cryogenic core and upper stage, but skipped solid rocket boosters. The booster engine design is based on a gas generator cycle and features some of the low cost design parameters which were applied to the MC-1 engine. The investigations are focused on the feasibility and the effects of such an engine design when applied to booster propulsion of large launch vehicles such as ARIANE 5