Liquid Air/LH2
Propellant
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Liquid Air/LH2 propellant. Liquid air has no advantage as a stored propellant, but in a Liquid Air Cycle Engine (LACE) relatively freely available atmospheric air is scooped up, liquefied, and burned with a fuel in a conventional rocket engine. LACE engines were tested in Japan and the United States, but none reached flight status.
Oxidizer: Liquid Air. Fuel: LH2. Fuel Density: 0.071 g/cc. Fuel Freezing Point: -259 deg C. Fuel Boiling Point: -253 deg C.
Subtopics
- LACE stage Liquid Air/LH2 propellant rocket stage. .
- LACE/LE-5 Mitsubishi air augmented Liquid Air/LH2 rocket engine. Design 1999. Used on H-2 HIMES launch vehicle.
Related
- Engines
- LACE/LE-5
- Stages
- LACE stage