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    Aerojet Rocketdyne is a subsidiary of American defense company L3Harris that manufactures rocket, hypersonic, and electric propulsive systems for space...
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    manufactured in the United States by Rocketdyne (later Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and Aerojet Rocketdyne), the RS-25 burns cryogenic (very low temperature)...
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  • Rocketdyne was sold to GenCorp, Inc., which merged it with Aerojet to form Aerojet Rocketdyne. After World War II, North American Aviation (NAA) was contracted...
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    and manufactured in the United States by Rocketdyne (later Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and Aerojet Rocketdyne). Development started in the 1990s with the...
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  • becoming part of Aerojet Rocketdyne. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne was formed in 2005 when Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion and Boeing Rocketdyne Propulsion &...
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    RL10 (redirect from Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10)
    liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine built in the United States by Aerojet Rocketdyne that burns cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants...
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  • equivalent to an effective exhaust velocity of 4.440 km/s (14,570 ft/s), for the RS-25 engines when operating in a vacuum. An air-breathing jet engine typically...
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  • human spaceflight missions "In-Space Product Data Sheets" (PDF). Aerojet Rocketdyne. September 13, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11...
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    "RD-0146". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-09-25. SSME "RD-180". Retrieved 2009-09-25. Encyclopedia Astronautica: F-1 Astronautix NK-33 entry...
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    vertically on the launch platform it is seen as the "top/bottom." Aerojet Rocketdyne, RS-25 Engine (accessed July 22, 2014) "External Tank". NSTS 1988 News...
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    or separate preburners. Examples of twin-shaft designs include the Rocketdyne RS-25, the JAXA LE-7, and Raptor. Relative to a single-shaft design, the...
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    The F-1 is a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne. The engine uses a gas-generator cycle developed in the United States in the late 1950s and was used...
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  • stage 8.05 228 447 4380 Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 cryogenic 1981 Space Shuttle, SLS stage 1 7.95 225 453 4440 Aerojet Rocketdyne RL-10B-2 cryogenic Delta...
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    2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023. "Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Starliner Re-entry Thrusters" (Press release). Aerojet Rocketdyne. March 15, 2018. Retrieved August...
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    AT972T Aerojet produced rocket engines for missiles. It merged with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. Aerojet LR1 (Aerojet 25AL-1000) Aerojet LR3 (Aerojet 25ALD-1000)...
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    first such test occurring on December 18, 2007. Stennis tested[when?] Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ26 rocket engines for Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., which...
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    January 2024 on the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Following Aerojet's acquisition of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in 2012, Blue Origin president Rob Meyerson saw an...
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    Japanese N-II and H-I launch vehicles. The Delta 2000 introduced the new Rocketdyne RS-27 main engine on an Extended Long Tank first stage with the same constant...
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    eliminating the need for constant internal pressure. Up to five Aerojet Rocketdyne strap-on solid rocket boosters can be used to augment first stage...
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    J-2X (category Rocketdyne engines)
    Space Launch System. Built in the United States by Aerojet Rocketdyne (formerly, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne), the J-2X burns cryogenic liquid hydrogen and...
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    is powered by one Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68 engine, which burns liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. On flights of the Medium, the RS-68 ran at 102% rated...
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    expend four of the remaining sixteen RS-25D engines previously flown on Space Shuttle missions. Aerojet Rocketdyne refits these engines with modernized...
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  • which are being replaced with 24 lithium-ion batteries, built by Aerojet Rocketdyne. Six adapter plates were launched on HTV-6 in December, 2016. These...
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    is powered by one or two American RL10 engine(s) manufactured by Aerojet Rocketdyne and burns liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Strap-on solid rocket...
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    LGM-35 include Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Bechtel, Honeywell, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Parsons, Textron, and others. On January 19, 2024, the United States...
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  • partner with DARPA to build the XS-1. Aerojet Rocketdyne was to provide AR-22 engines, derived from the RS-25 engine, for the spacecraft. The phase 2/3...
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  • MARC-60 (category Rocketdyne engines)
    The MARC-60 (Mitsubishi Aerojet Rocketdyne Collaboration), also known as MB-60, MB-XX, and RS-73, is a liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine designed as...
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    doi:10.2514/6.2018-4639. ISBN 978-1-62410-570-8. "RL10 Engine". Aerojet Rocketdyne. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November...
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    September 2010. "Stennis Space Center Tours and Briefings on Boeing Rocketdyne's RS-68 engine for the Delta IV". SpaceRef. 30 October 2002. Retrieved 10...
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    brochure" (PDF). Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2018-08-25. Solid Archived 2002-01-05 at the...
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