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LR105-7

Engine · USA

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MA-5
MA-5
Credit: Boeing / Rocketdyne

Rocketdyne LOx/Kerosene rocket engine. Atlas space launchers. Out of production. Atlas Sustainer. Gas generator, pump-fed. Evolved from MA-2 ICBM system. First flight 1963.

Thrust (sl): 269.000 kN (60,473 lbf). Thrust (sl): 27,430 kgf. Engine: 460 kg (1,010 lb). Chamber Pressure: 48.00 bar. Area Ratio: 25. Propellant Formulation: Lox/RP-1. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 83.8297872340426. Oxidizer to Fuel Ratio: 2.27. Coefficient of Thrust vacuum: 1.77414206044677. Coefficient of Thrust sea level: 1.27414206044677.

Country
USA
Propellants
Lox/Kerosene