expendable launch vehicle stage
C22741
concept
An expendable launch vehicle stage is a non-reusable rocket segment that houses propulsion, propellant, and associated systems, designed to operate for a specific phase of flight and then be discarded once its fuel is depleted.
Observed surface forms (5)
- expendable upper stage ×2
- expendable launch vehicle component ×1
- expendable rocket stage ×1
- liquid-fueled rocket stage ×1
- solid-propellant rocket stage ×1
Instances (9)
- External Tank
- Inertial Upper Stage
- Centaur upper stage
- SLS solid rocket boosters via concept surface "expendable launch vehicle component"
- Briz-M via concept surface "expendable upper stage"
- Common Core Booster via concept surface "liquid-fueled rocket stage"
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IUS
via concept surface "expendable upper stage"
surface form: Inertial Upper Stage
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Star 48BV upper stage
via concept surface "expendable rocket stage"
surface form: Star 48BV
- PAM-D via concept surface "solid-propellant rocket stage"