Iran has created a 500 km range rocket with a carbon fiber engine

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) introduced a new Iranian missile. The peculiarity of this rocket is reported to be that its Zohair engine is made up of elements based on composite materials.

We are talking about the Raad-500 rocket (Thunder-500). According to Iranian general Hossein Salami, the rocket engine was created using carbon fiber, which allows the casing to withstand temperatures up to 3000 degrees Celsius and pressure up to hundreds of atmospheres.

From a speech during the presentation of "Thunder-500":

Due to the use of an engine based on composite materials, the Raad-500 has less weight in comparison with analogs. The Zohair engine can be used for launch vehicles - for example, to put artificial Earth satellites into orbit.

In Iran, the Thunder-500 was compared with another locally-made missile, the Fateh-110. It is stated that the new missile has a range that is approximately 200 km longer than the Fateh range. Given the fact that the declared Fateh-110 range is 300 km, the range of the Raad-500 missile is already 500 km.

In terms of the use of composites, information is specified that carbon fiber was used to create a movable nozzle and casing of a solid fuel engine.

Recall that the Fateh-110 missiles recently successfully attacked US military bases in Iraq.

Iranian TV Report:

Comments

[Vyacheslav Viktorovich]

Recall that the Fateh-110 missiles recently successfully attacked US military bases in Iraq.

But with the conclusion of the satellites, they’ve just got much more modest, for the third time they couldn’t, but they traditionally blamed the USA for the failure.

[smart ass]

We all rejoice for Iran, he reached the level of the USSR 70s

[Trotil42]

And we would have reached the USSR level of the 70s through space ...

[slipped]

Quote: Trotil42

And we would have reached the USSR level of the 70s through space ...

Do you propose to return to the analog computers "Argon"?

[Trotil42]

Exactly ... and then in terms of reliability ... actually an ass .. Rogozin for a trouble-free start threatened to represent state awards ... in the 70s launch .. routine .. they didn’t even show them on the box .. not interesting ..

[Horon]

routine .. they didn’t even show them on the box .. not interesting ..

Yah??? All launches of rocket launchers went on television except for secret ones. They talked about secret ones briefly and without footage. Then they also tried to cover space programs, giving them propaganda weight.

[Trotil42]

This is propaganda now .. then it was a regular job .. then they didn’t sing in their ears with a smart look about building a lunar base and flying to Mars ...

[Horon]

Yah??? (Again!) You either have multiple sclerosis, or you know little about those times. To remind Vysotsky's song with the words about "lunar tractor"? I don't want to look like a defender of the modern mess, but your fairy tales also hurt the eye with their disagreement with the reality of the past. And about the dream of the majority of schoolchildren of those years to become astronauts - is this not a propaganda action? In general, there is no need to invent fables about the past, otherwise it will be so distorted that even people will stop believing in real things.

[Trotil42]

Yah??? (Again!) You either have sclerosis, or you know little about those times. To remind Vysotsky's song with the words about "lunar tractor"?

It looks like it will be news to you ... that the lunar tractor took place ..shock, that the snowstorm flew..das ... fables ..

[Horon]

Where then are the astronauts landing on the moon? This will already be a shock for you, because it was planned and even a launch vehicle was being developed! And what happened to the Martian missions, as well as the Phobos mission? After all, they also broadcast about them from all "irons"!

[Trotil42]

the patient ... you decide ... either about the tractor .. or about the landing ...

[slipped]

Quote: Trotil42

Exactly ... and then in terms of reliability ... actually an ass ..

Have you thought about yours? let's see the statistics:

Soyuz-2 launch vehicle - 52 successful launches in a row
Proton-M LV - 19 successful launches in a row

[Trotil42]

I don’t want to think about my own .. about your dream .. look at the statistics of 70 .. it will become boring ..

[slipped]

Quote: Trotil42

I don’t want to think about my own .. about your dream .. look at the statistics of 70 .. it will become boring ..

Well, it’s noticeable that you’re dreaming ... and are you probably jumping?

"I melt and melt from Elon's word,
After all, only to the Mask do I nourish tenderness!
And if he suddenly launches a rocket,
I am ready to surrender to him for this! "
© not mine

[smart ass]

I agree with you on 100%.

[nickname7]

the use of carbon fiber, which allows the casing to withstand temperatures up to 3000 degrees Celsius

In general, temperatures are not a "feature" of carbon, whose maximum temperature is not higher than 1500 g C.

[1959ain]

We all rejoice for Iran, he reached the level of the USSR 70s

And fly to Astrakhan?

[orionvitt]

Quote: Clever man

Iran, he reached the level of the USSR 70s

Correction 50s.

[Cowbra]

Quote: Vyacheslav Viktorovich

but traditionally blamed for the failure of the United States.

Well, the USA doesn’t have too ... Boeing Starliner hasn’t flown, and it won’t fly for a long time, Starship exploded, now there’s another kirdyk ...
And they traditionally like to accuse - I remember that after the attack they accused Russia that they say they "prevent them from selling advanced weapons." Also, by the way, they were “traditionally accused”. Well, Iran also learns by example, so as not to stand out from the general flock - as is customary, so we will.

[Vyacheslav Viktorovich]

Quote: Cowbra

I remember that after the attack they accused Russia of saying that they were "hindering the sale of advanced weapons."

There is where to read about it?

[Thrall]

Quote: Vyacheslav Viktorovich

There is where to read about it?

Type in a search engine "Russia prevents the United States from selling advanced" and read

[Vyacheslav Viktorovich]

Found it, thanks.

[Same lech]

Type in search engine

Murdered morally ...

[Vyacheslav Viktorovich]

I don’t see anything wrong with finding out a search query from someone.

[orionvitt]

Quote: Vyacheslav Viktorovich

There is where to read about it?

There is where to look at it. That is nowhere, there is nothing. And if there is, it does not fly. And if it flies, then without their astronauts, even that is not always good.

[Operator]

The main thing is not carbon fiber (which is used universally) or a carbon-carbon composite, but the ceramic coating of the nozzle, without which it will burn when temperature reaches 400 degrees Celsius.

[bessmertniy]

Iran is slowly increasing its missile range. To the Saudis and their allies, this will be alarming.

[Kerensky]

The main thing is not carbon fiber (which is used universally) or a carbon-carbon composite, but the ceramic coating of the nozzle, without which it will burn when temperature reaches 400 degrees Celsius.

Still, they bought a sealant for stoves and fireplaces and spread a spatula in several layers?

[Kosh]

Actually, there the Iranians specifically indicated that the new coating used in this engine holds up to 3000 degrees Celsius.

[knn54]

Alternatively, Torlon polyamideimide resin (Torlon), the brainchild of Amoco Chemicals Corporation. Torlon is almost half the weight of titanium, and withstands VERY HIGH temperatures for plastics. It also has high hardness.

[Operator]

Torlon operating temperature is 270 "C.

[Magic archer]

What I can’t believe that they themselves created ... The Chinese most likely had a hand

[lucul]

500 km - this is serious ....

[Thrifty]

Even under the conditions of eternal sanctions, the Persians, as far as possible, are trying to keep up with the more powerful "neighbors" in matters of missile technology!

[askort154]

Operator.... a ceramic coating of the nozzle,

Yes, the highest melting point has a composite based on a ceramic material, which melts at t = 3959 "C. There was information that it was used at Avangard.

[Operator]

Quote: Kerensky

for stoves and fireplaces

Where did you see the fireplace at 3000 degrees?

[rocket757]

We did okay ... if for self-defense, let it be, if for other purposes ... then they themselves will find adventure on their "rear".

[Operator]

Quote: askort154

the highest melting point has a composite based on a ceramic material, which melts at t = 3959 "С

Much stronger graphite (carbon-carbon composite based on it) has a comparable melting point of 3890 "C, but it burns in air already at 400" C, so it is covered with a thin ceramic layer on top to protect it from oxygen.

[Pavel57]

Step by step movement in the right direction.

[Astra wild]

Colleagues, I'm sorry that is not the topic. Today is the birthday of Russian diplomacy.
Recall the famous: Griboedov, Gorchakov, Chicherin, Gromyko, Dobrynin and all others who defended and defend the interests of the motherland. Happy holiday to all domestic diplomats !!!

[Sergey Averchenkov]

Well ... I'm glad.

[Old26]

Quote: Magic Archer

What I can’t believe that they themselves created ... The Chinese most likely had a hand

Is it necessary for someone to have a hand? Iran, nevertheless in spite of everything, is a sufficiently developed country in military-technical terms. Of course, they copy something, not without it, but there is something that they create on their own. In particular, missiles are mainly created on their own

Quote: bessmertniy

Iran is slowly increasing its missile range. To the Saudis and their allies, this will be alarming.

In this case, the very fact that the engine casing is now composite is important. And the range of 500 km has long been overcome

[Altai72]

It would be nice to see the launch shot. And then they have fifth-generation fighters already flying on Hormuz))

[Kosh]

Shooting the launch and hitting the target is also there.

[Old26]

Quote: 1959ain

We all rejoice for Iran, he reached the level of the USSR 70s

And fly to Astrakhan?

Not. Only to Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Makhachkala, Grozny.