The FG-36 (AKA Fengyun 2 AKM) was a

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spin stabilized apogee kick motor burning HTPB. It was developed by China Hexi Chemical and Machinery Corporation (also known as the 6th Academy of

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) for use in the Fengyun 2 satellite bus for insertion into GSO orbit. It has a total nominal mass of , of which is propellant load and its burn out mass is . It has an average thrust of with a

specific impulse Specific impulse (usually abbreviated ) is a measure of how efficiently a reaction mass engine (a rocket using propellant or a jet engine using fuel) creates thrust. For engines whose reaction mass is only the fuel they carry, specific impulse i ...

of 289 seconds burning for 43 seconds, with a total impulse of . While it was designed as an apogee kick motor and as such it flew in spin stabilized mode, it was also adapted to the

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third stage. It was paired with a

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in a similar solution to the

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Rocket engines of China Solid-fuel rockets {{rocket-stub

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