Zefiro 9

E398731

Zefiro 9 is a solid-propellant upper-stage rocket motor used as the third stage of the European Vega small-lift launch vehicle.

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Label Occurrences
Zefiro 9 canonical 4
Zefiro 9A 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rocket engine
solid rocket motor
upper stage rocket motor
application upper stage of small-lift launch vehicle
burnProfile progressive-regressive
burnTime about 110 seconds
configuration single-segment solid motor
countryOfLaunchSite French Guiana
countryOfOrigin Italy
designFamily Zefiro rocket motor family
surface form: Zefiro family of solid rocket motors
diameter about 1.9 metres
firstFlightDate 13 February 2012
firstFlightVehicle Vega VV01
fuel HTPB
guidance thrust vector control via movable nozzle
insulation internal thermal insulation liner
launchSiteUser Guiana Space Centre
launchVehicleFamily Vega launch vehicle programme
surface form: Vega launch vehicle
length about 3.5 metres
manufacturer Avio S.p.A.
surface form: Avio
missionPhase post-second-stage ascent
pre-AVUM operations
nozzleType flexible-joint nozzle
operator Arianespace
oxidizer ammonium perchlorate
predecessor Zefiro 16 test motor
primaryUser European Space Agency
program Vega launch vehicle programme
surface form: Vega programme
propellantMass about 9.7 tonnes
approximately 10 tonnes
propellantType solid propellant
role orbit insertion
trajectory shaping
spaceAgencyUser Arianespace
European Space Agency
stageNumber third stage
status operational
structureMaterial carbon-epoxy composite case
successorVariant Zefiro 9 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Zefiro 9A
thrustEnvironment vacuum
usedFor launching payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit
launching small to medium payloads to low Earth orbit
usedOnVehicle Vega
Vega launch vehicle programme
surface form: Vega-C
vacuumThrust approximately 313 kN

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vega thirdStage Zefiro 9
AVUM separationFrom Zefiro 9
Zefiro 23 relatedTo Zefiro 9
Zefiro 9 successorVariant Zefiro 9 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Zefiro 9A