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Archimedes is presented as a highly reusable liquid-propellant engine using methane and liquid oxygen in an oxidizer-rich staged combustion cycle. [1] [2] There are both sea-level and vacuum variants. The engine is mostly 3D printed, [7] with some of the biggest 3D printers in the world. The rationale for the cycle change from the original gas ...
Raptor is a family of rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the third rocket engine in history designed with a full-flow staged combustion (FFSC) fuel cycle, and the first such engine to power a vehicle in flight. [15] The engine is powered by cryogenic liquid methane and liquid oxygen, a combination known as methalox.
Raptor is a family of methane/liquid oxygen rocket engines under development by SpaceX since the late 2000s, [2] although LH2/LOX propellant mix was originally under study when the Raptor concept development work began in 2009. [15] When first mentioned by SpaceX in 2009, the term "Raptor" was applied exclusively to an upper stage engine ...
Using liquid methane and liquid oxygen as propellants is sometimes called methalox propulsion. [19] Liquid methane has a lower specific impulse than liquid hydrogen, but is easier to store due to its higher boiling point and density, as well as its lack of hydrogen embrittlement .
Bipropellant liquid rockets use a liquid fuel such as liquid hydrogen or RP-1, and a liquid oxidizer such as liquid oxygen. The engine may be a cryogenic rocket engine , where the fuel and oxidizer, such as hydrogen and oxygen, are gases which have been liquefied at very low temperatures.
'Rocket Engine 0169') is a Russian oxygen-methane fueled rocket engine being developed by KBKhA. Liquefied natural gas ( methane ) is used as fuel, while liquid oxygen is used as an oxidizer. Designed for use in reusable launch vehicles (like Soyuz-7 ).
The BE-4 (Blue Engine 4) [5] is an oxygen-rich, [6] liquefied-methane-fueled, staged-combustion, rocket engine. It is produced by Blue Origin. BE-4 was developed with private and public funding. [7] The engine produces 2,400 kilonewtons (550,000 lbf) of thrust at sea level. [8]
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