Blue Whale 0.4
Perigee Aerospace
Suborbital research vehicle for microgravity payloads and technology demonstrations.
Technical specifications
- Vehicle type
- Suborbital research vehicle
- Height
- 7.5 m
- Diameter
- 760 mm
- Launch mass
- 800 kg
- Payload capacity
- 20 kg to suborbital trajectory
- Propulsion
- Pressure-fed Skyblue engines, LOX/LNG
- Thrust (vacuum)
- 12 kN
About
Blue Whale 0.4 is Perigee Aerospace’s suborbital research vehicle, designed for scientific research, technology demonstrations, and other payload missions in a microgravity environment. It stands 7.5 m tall with a 760 mm diameter and a launch mass of 800 kg, capable of carrying a 20 kg payload on a suborbital trajectory. The vehicle is powered by pressure-fed Skyblue-family engines burning LOX/LNG propellant, producing 12 kN of vacuum thrust. Blue Whale 0.4 serves as an intermediate step in Perigee’s launch vehicle development program, bridging the educational Blue Whale 0.1 sounding rocket and the orbital Blue Whale 1 launch vehicle, and provides a flight-proven platform for validating avionics, structures, and propulsion technologies ahead of orbital missions.
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