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English: An analysis of the Raptor 2 full flow stage combustion cycle. Data from Elon Musk and SpaceX were combined with engineering analysis and reasonable assumptions to estimate engine parameters shown on this diagram.
The concept evolved from a family of Raptor-designated rocket engines (2012) [45] to focus on the full-size Raptor engine (2014). [ 46 ] In January 2016, the US Air Force awarded a US$33.6 million development contract to SpaceX to develop a prototype Raptor for use on the upper stage of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy .
English: Unofficial Combustion Scheme of the Raptor 1 rocket engine. Raptor 1 is a staged combustion, full-flow, methane-fueled rocket engine under development by Space Exploration Technologies Corp, and used for ground testing and in flight-test prototype rockets in 2018-2021.
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The Pratt & Whitney F119, company designation PW5000, is an afterburning turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney for the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, which resulted in the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
SpaceX CEO celebrated the first test firing of a full-scale, built-for-flight Raptor engine for his Starship super-rocket in the usual way tonight: by tweeting about it. "So proud of great work by ...
Channels etched into the Merlin 1D nozzle enable regenerative cooling preventing exhaust heat from melting it.. Since the founding of SpaceX in 2002, the company has developed four families of rocket engines — Merlin, Kestrel, Draco and SuperDraco — and since 2016 developed the Raptor methane rocket engine and after 2020, a line of methalox thrusters.
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