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XLR83-NA-1

Engine · USA

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Navaho G-38 Engine
Navaho G-38 Engine
Navaho G-38 3 Engine Cluster

Rocketdyne LOx/Kerosene rocket engine. Out of production. Experimental version of the engine for the booster of the Navaho G-38 intercontinental cruise missile. Flown in the Navaho G-26 booster prototypes. First flight 1956.

Used guide vanes for thrust vectoring. Gas generator, pump-fed.

Thrust (sl): 533.700 kN (119,981 lbf). Thrust (sl): 54,422 kgf. Propellant Formulation: Lox/JP-4 or RP-1.

Country
USA
Launch Vehicles
Navaho G-26
Propellants
Lox/Kerosene