03-10-2010, 07:15 PM
"Ramana: A reconfigured 3 stage Agni-V can place 700 Kg satellite in 400 km altitude orbit at 110 degree inclination"
Arunji, did'nt you say 550 kg to a 200 km orbit some pages back in this thread (with conservative assumptions)? Maybe we should be conservative about these estimates. There are some media reports that A-III uses maraging steel motor cases only and composite cases will be introduced only with A-V....
KrishG on BR says 200-250 kg for a modified 3-stage A-III. This may be for A-III+SUM. The Start LV, which is a topol icbm+4 th stage does 632 kg to 200 km LEO...with three stages, the payload will be much less...
Arunji, did'nt you say 550 kg to a 200 km orbit some pages back in this thread (with conservative assumptions)? Maybe we should be conservative about these estimates. There are some media reports that A-III uses maraging steel motor cases only and composite cases will be introduced only with A-V....
KrishG on BR says 200-250 kg for a modified 3-stage A-III. This may be for A-III+SUM. The Start LV, which is a topol icbm+4 th stage does 632 kg to 200 km LEO...with three stages, the payload will be much less...