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H-1 engine

Engine · USA

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H-1
H-1
Credit: Boeing / Rocketdyne

Rocketdyne LOx/Kerosene rocket engine. Saturn l/lB. Designed for booster applications. Gas generator, pump-fed. First flight 1961. Surplus Saturn motors adapted for use in Delta launch vehicle.

Thrust (sl): 836.200 kN (187,985 lbf). Thrust (sl): 85,275 kgf. Engine: 635 kg (1,399 lb). Chamber Pressure: 40.00 bar. Area Ratio: 8. Propellant Formulation: Lox/RP-1. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 152.196850393701. Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 2.23. Coefficient of Thrust vacuum: 1.74073055260789. Coefficient of Thrust sea level: 1.54073055260789.

Country
USA
Propellants
Lox/Kerosene
Stages
S-I stage
Bibliography
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