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A new feature for the engine is the ability to throttle from 100% to 70%. [7] The engine's 150:1 thrust-to-weight ratio is the highest ever achieved for a rocket engine. [8] [9] The first flight of the Merlin 1D engine was also the maiden Falcon 9 v1.1 flight. [10]
This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications. Current, upcoming, and in-development rocket engines ... New Zealand USA: Rocket Lab ...
liquid rocket engine, Solid rocket engine, Hall-effect thruster, Gridded Ion thruster. Hanwha Aerospace: South Korea KRE-075, KRE-007 and Monopropellant Thrusters Bipropellant, Monopropellant and Motor Hanwha aerospace manufacturing liquid rocket engine for KSLV-II and monopropellant enginesd spacecraft (Lunar Orbiter, KOMPSAT series, etc
Aerojet Rocketdyne proposed in 2014 to "lobby the government to fund an all-new, U.S.-sourced rocket propulsion system." In June 2014, Aerojet initially projected it would cost under US$25 million per pair of engines, not including the up to US$1 billion estimated development cost to be funded by the government.
iRocket (Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc) is a startup based in New York, founded in 2018, which develops rocket engines and a small reusable launch vehicle named Shockwave. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2021 iRocket signed a Space Act Agreement With NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to accelerate the development of its reusable rocket engine.
Prior to the company's unveiling of the rocket's name, Nova, in October 2023, [10] Stoke Space noted various developments with the booster and second stage's design. The rocket's booster will consist of seven Zenith full-flow staged combustion cycle engines, [11] designed and manufactured by the company. [12]
The P160C is a solid-fuel rocket engine designed for use as the first stage of the Vega-E and as the boosters of the Ariane 6 Block 2 launch vehicles. The solid rocket motors were developed by Europropulsion, a joint venture of Avio and ArianeGroup, for the European Space Agency. The "C" in the name signifies its "Common" use across these ...
NPO Energomash works with other Russian companies (Keldysh Research Center and KBKhA), and in cooperation with European companies on the Volga rocket engine project. [17] The company continues to research and explore new engine concepts, such as the tripropellant, bi-modal engines of the RD-700 family (RD-701 and RD-704). [18]