Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Viking 5C
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Snecma
- Summary
- This is the Viking 5C engine. Four Viking 5C liquid-propellant rocket engines were used to propel the first stage of the Ariane 4 expendable launch vehicle used by the European Space Agency from 1990 to 2003.
- A consortium of six countries, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, and Italy, designed and manufactured this engine. It uses a form of transpiration or "sweat cooling." In sweat cooling, a coolant (the fuel) is injected uniformly and continuously over the internal wall of the nozzle by using a porous wall material. The developer of this technique for the Viking was Heinz Bringer, who had worked on a similar system during the development of the German V-2 rocket of World War II. This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 2006 by SAFRAN.
- Credit Line
- Gift of SAFRAN.
- 1988-2003
- Inventory Number
- A20060085000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Nozzle, non-ferrous, probably high heat resistant stainless steel; small pipes, aluminum; small sphere, non-ferrous; gasket around purple plate on pump, steel; five equidistant bolts on pump fixture, steel; pump proper, non-ferrous metal; multiple, equidistant bolts on top of blue cylinder on other side of engine, steel; stand, non-ferrous, probably aluminum alloy.
- Dimensions
- Width, with stand, 47 2/16 inches; height, stand, 4.75 inches; width, on top. 60 inches; length, total, with stand, 128 inches (10.66 ft.)
- Country of Origin
- France
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20060085000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv946514fc1-314a-4cc4-997e-6ca153035bba
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