Thunderbird 3 is International Rescue's single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) space vehicle, piloted by Gordon Tracy. The craft is designed for space rescue and maintaining the systems and crew of Thunderbird 5.
Technical Data[]
- Armaments: none
- Crew: up to 5
- Engines: 3 main engines (1 in each buttress); 3 secondary engines (located in central fuselage); 9 retro-rockets (located on buttresses); 10 attitude-control rockets
- Launch thrust: 1.8 million kg (4 million pounds)
- Length: 85 metres (279 feet)
- Power source: Hackenbacker series 3000 fusion reactor
- Range: unlimited
- Weight: 372 tonnes
- Width across buttresses: 22 metres (72 feet)
- Width of fuselage: 7 metres (25 feet)
- Maximum speed: 5,000 mph