SA-5 Gammon
Introduction
We're extremely excited about the team project we have selected to work on together between now and October 2004 (to be flown at the annual G. Harry Stine Memorial Launch). We literally have people all over the country working on various components of this highly complex launch vehicle - a 20% scale of a Soviet surface-to-air missle, the SA-5 Gammon.
The following information is quoted from globalsecurity.org:
The S-200 SA-5 GAMMON is a medium to high -altitude surface-to-air missile system. The single-stage missile has four jettisonable, wraparound solid propellant boosters, each of which is is 4.9 m long and 0.48 m in diameter with a single fin spanning 0.35 m from the booster body. The missile is 10.72 m long overall with a wing span of 2.85 m. The main body is 0.85 m in diameter and has a solid fuel dual thrust sustainer rocket motor.
Each missile battalion has one 320 km range P-35M BARLOCK-B E/F-band target search and acquisition radar with an integral D-band IFF system, one 270 km range SQUARE PAIR H-band missile guidance radar, and six trainable semi-fixed single rail launchers.
The missile's minimum range of 60 km is due to the booster burn time and jettison requirements, limiting the system to engagements against relatively large unmaneuverable targets at ranges up to 250 km. Guidance beyond the 60 km booster jettison point is by course correction command signals from the SQUARE PAIR radar with the S-200's own active radar terminal homing seeker head activated near the projected intercept point for final guidance.
The large HE warhead is detonated either by a command signal or the onboard proximity fusing system. When fitted with a nuclear warhead only the command detonation option is used.
Above is an early drawing of the SA-5 next to a 5-foot 10-inch (1.778 meter) tall male. A large (L or M) hybrid motor will power the sustainer. The four boosters will each contain an air-started high-power ammonium perchlorate compsite motor, and will be jettsoned via servo control after the booster motors have burned out. The sustainer will continue under power after booster jettison. The sustainer is estimated to reach apogee at approximately 10,000 feet AGL with an M motor and four Aerotech I211's loaded in the boosters.
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