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Chamber/single nozzle

Engine · USA

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Notional LOx/LH2 rocket engine. Study 1963. Before moving to favored plug nozzle designs, Bono at Douglas considered having multiple combustion chambers exhaust into a single large nozzle to obtained Improved Specific Impulse.

Used in Nova DAC ISI, ROOS ISI, OOST ISI, and DAC Helios ISI designs. Status: Study 1963. Operational date would have been July 1977. Values shown were maximum considered.

Country
USA
Propellants
Lox/LH2