Cyclone-4M Explained

Cyclone-4M
Function:Carrier rocket
Manufacturer:
Country-Origin:Ukraine
Pcost:$304M (projection, $148M spaceport included)
Cpl:$45M[1] -$60M (projections)
Height:38700abbr=onNaNabbr=on[2]
Diameter:4000abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Stages:2
Family:ZenitTsyklon
Comparable:Tsyklon-2, -3, -4, Dnepr, Soyuz-2, PSLV, Long March 4B/C
Status:In development
Sites:Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada
Launches:0
First:2025 (planned)[3]
Capacities:
Location:200 km LEO (45.3°)
Location: GTO (45.2°)
Stagedata:
Type:stage
Stageno:First
Diameter:3.9m (12.8feet)
Gross:260.7order=outNaNorder=out
Propmass:224.8order=outNaNorder=out
Engines:4 × RD-870 engines
Thrust:Sea level: 319order=flipNaNorder=flip
Si:Sea level: 298isp
Vacuum: 332isp[4]
Burntime:200 seconds
Type:stage
Stageno:Second
Diameter:3.98m (13.06feet)
Gross:14order=outNaNorder=out
Propmass:10.7order=outNaNorder=out
Thrust:7.916order=flipNaNorder=flip
Si:325isp
Burntime:450 seconds

The Cyclone-4M is a Ukrainian carrier rocket which is being developed for commercial satellite launches.

History

The Cyclone-4M is derived from the Tsyklon-4, which started its life as an all-hypergolic three-stage-to-orbit expendable launch vehicle planned for launch from a proposed site at the Alcântara Launch Center in Brazil. However, Brazil backed out of the partnership with Ukraine in 2015, citing concerns over the project budget, the ongoing financial situation in both countries, and the future of the commercial launch market.[5] In March 2017, Canadian company Maritime Launch Services announced plans to begin launching a modified version, the Cyclone-4M, which features a Zenit-derived LOXRP-1 first stage in place of the originally planned R-36 ICBM-based first- and second-stage.

In November 2021, Maritime Launch Services CEO Stephen Matier stated that Nanoracks was to be the first client to fly a payload on the Cyclone-4M.[6]

Design

This new first-stage design would use four kerolox engines derived from the RD-120 used on the second stage of the Zenit. The standard RD-120, however, while manufactured in Ukraine, uses a number of Russian-made components which would have to be replaced with Ukrainian-made equivalents. It is also planned to fit each of these engines with a gimballing mechanism for steering (in the Zenit second stage the RD-120 is fixed to the frame while an RD-8 four-nozzle vernier engine takes care of the steering).[7]

Cyclone-4M is planned for launch from a site in Canso, Nova Scotia. Construction was originally scheduled to begin in 2018,[8] [9] [10] but repeated delays have pushed the start of construction to no earlier than late 2021.[11] The second stage completed qualification tests in October 2019.[12] Construction at Canso finishes in 2024 or 2025; as of December 2022, the maiden flight of Cyclone-4M will take place in 2025.[3] It is planned to launch up to 8 times per year.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About . Maritime Launch Services . 15 October 2017 . Cyclone 4M will be available for $45M USD per launch..
  2. Web site: Cyclone-4M . Yuzhnoye Design Office . 15 October 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180704195347/https://www.yuzhnoye.com/en/technique/launch-vehicles/rockets/cyclone-4m/ . 2018-07-04.
  3. Precious Payload Partners With Maritime Launch, Adding Canada's First Commercial Spaceport, Spaceport Nova Scotia, to Launch.ctrl Marketplace . . 8 December 2022 . 10 December 2022.
  4. Web site: RD-870 could become Ukraine's first booster engine . RussianSpaceWeb . Anatoly . Zak . 4 April 2017 . 15 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Brazil Pulling Out of Ukrainian Cyclone-4 Launcher Project . . Peter B. . de Selding . 16 April 2015 . 9 April 2016.
  6. Web site: Doucette . Keith . Proposed N.S. spaceport announces payload client for 1st rocket launch . . 22 November 2021 . 10 December 2022.
  7. Web site: Tsyklon-4M (Cyclone-4M) prepares a move to Canada . RussianSpaceWeb . Zak . Anatoly . 19 March 2017 . 22 March 2017.
  8. News: Small Nova Scotia fishing community picked as launch site for rockets . TheStar.com . The Canadian Press . Keith . Doucette . 14 March 2017 . 15 October 2017.
  9. News: T-minus 1 year until rocket launch site construction starts in Nova Scotia . . Brett . Ruskin . Cassie . Williams . 14 March 2017 . 18 March 2017.
  10. News: Exclusive: Maritime Launch Services Selects Nova Scotia Site for Spaceport Over 13 Other Locations . SpaceQ . Marc . Boucher . 14 March 2017 . 18 March 2017.
  11. Web site: Golubeva . Alena . Максим Дегтярев: "Спрос на выведение грузов на орбиту будет расти" . Maxim Degtyarev: "The demand for placing cargo into orbit will grow" . GMK Center . 9 April 2021 . 11 May 2021 . ru . Компания получила разрешение, оформляет документы на получение земельного участка и уже в текущем году рассчитывает начать строительные работы. Сколько времени уйдет на строительство космодрома? – Три-четыре года. [The company has received permission, and is preparing documents for obtaining a land plot and expects to start construction work this year. How long will it take to build the cosmodrome? – Three or four years.].
  12. Cyclone 4M fully integrated upper stage performs successful qualification test . . 21 October 2019 . 1 December 2019.
  13. Web site: Rochereuil . Chloé . Le Canada ouvrira sa première base de lancement spatiale d'ici 2020 . Canada will open its first space launch base by 2020 . . 20 March 2017 . 3 June 2020 . fr.

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