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SpaceX’s Merlin 2 LOX/RP-1-fueled engine on a gas-generator cycle, capable of a projected 7,600 kN (1,700,000 lbf) of thrust at sea level and 8,500 kN (1,920,000 lbf) in a vacuum and would provide the power for conceptual super-heavy-lift launch vehicles from SpaceX, which Markusic dubbed Falcon X and Falcon XX.
SpaceX has developed two kerosene-based engines through 2013, the Merlin 1 and Kestrel, and has publicly discussed a much larger concept engine high-level design named Merlin 2. Merlin 1 powered the first stage of the Falcon 1 launch vehicle and is used both on the first and second stages of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. The ...
Engine Origin Designer Vehicle Use Propellant Power cycle Specific impulse (s) [a] Thrust (N) [a] Chamber pressure (bar) ... Merlin Vacuum 1C USA: SpaceX: Falcon 1, 9 ...
SpaceX's Merlin and Kestrel rocket engines use a RP-1 and liquid oxygen ("kerolox") combination. Raptor has about triple the thrust of SpaceX's Merlin 1D engine, which powers the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. Raptor was conceived to burn hydrogen and oxygen propellants as of 2009. [36]
Thomas John Mueller is an American aerospace engineer and rocket engine designer.He was employee No.1 of SpaceX and is the founder and now CEO of Impulse Space. [1]Mueller is best known for his engineering work on the Merlin, Draco, Super Draco and TR-106 rocket engines.
SpaceX's first launch vehicle, the Falcon 1, was the first privately developed liquid fueled launch vehicle to be launched into orbit, and used SpaceX's Merlin and Kestrel engines for its first and second stages, respectively.
The Falcon 1 used LOX/RP-1 for both stages, the first stage powered by a single pump-fed Merlin engine, and the second stage powered by SpaceX's pressure-fed Kestrel vacuum engine. The vehicle was launched a total of five times.
Pages in category "SpaceX rocket engines" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Merlin 1A; Merlin 1B; Merlin 1C; Merlin 1D; R. SpaceX ...