XR4K5
Engine · USA
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XCOR LOx/Kerosene rocket engine. First stages. Hardware. Pump-fed, regeneratively cooled with fuel. Engine could be used to power the prototype Xerus suborbital manned vehicle for initial flight testing.
XCOR's largest engine in active development, designated XR4K5, was an 8,000-newton engine that was pump-fed, LOX/kerosene regeneratively cooled with fuel. This engine may be used to power the prototype Xerus vehicle for initial flight testing, but XCOR has not yet decided on this approach.
Propellant Formulation: Lox/RP-1.
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- Country
- USA
- Propellants
- Lox/Kerosene
- Agency
- XCOR