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XLR71-NA-1

Engine · USA

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XLR-71-NA-1
XLR-71-NA-1
Credit: Boeing / Rocketdyne

Rocketdyne LOx/Alcohol rocket engine. Planned engine for the booster of the Navaho II test vehicle. Gas generator, pump-fed.

Thrust and specific impulse values are at sea level. Two would have been installed per booster. Cancelled in favor of a version of it burning kerosene instead of alcohol fuel, the LR-83.

Thrust (sl): 533.700 kN (119,981 lbf). Thrust (sl): 54,422 kgf.

Country
USA
Propellants
Lox/Alcohol