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Engine · Japan

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Rocketdyne LOx/LH2 rocket engine. Design 2004. Mitsubishi / Boeing joint project for an engine for Delta IV cryogenic upper stages. Expander bleed, pump-fed.

Boeing's Rocketdyne Division (USA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) had announced on 14 February 2000 their agreement to jointly design and develop the MB-XX family of high-power cryogenic upper-stage engines for Boeing's Delta-4 and Japan's H-2A launch vehicles.

Engine: 345 kg (760 lb).

Country
Japan
Propellants
Lox/LH2