Timeline

Czech Sparrow

Design highlites
  • Capacity … SSO ~180 kg LEO ~250 kg –> Possibly higher if landing location
  • Goal mission price max. 2,5 million Euro (excl. tax and insurance)
  • Partially reusable concept
  • Transportable inside a single standard 40’ container
  • Storable propellants –> extensive use of composites
  • Engine out capability
  • Booster landing on a mobile platform
    • Landing flexibility –> enhanced capacity
    • Booster mass saving
    • Effective and prompt Booster securing and pick up
  • Robust and user friendly propulsion system
  • Pressurization gas as the RCS propellant
  • Fairing is an integral part of the Booster
    • Nothing falls off during ascent –> enhanced ground safety
    • Mission recurring cost reduction
  • Hot gas thrusters instead of movable fins or grids for
    reentry trajectory adjustment –> Reduced complexity
SparrowStage 1Stage 2
Height (m)12123.5*
Diameter1.851.851.7
Loaded mass (kg)~19,40015,0004,400*
Dry mass (kg)1,000180*
*Excl. payload and expendable fairing
Mision profile - Ascent
Mision profile - Booster return