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XLR105-5

Engine · USA

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MA-3
MA-3
Credit: Boeing / Rocketdyne

Rocketdyne LOx/Kerosene rocket engine. Atlas D. Atlas Sustainer. Gas generator, pump-fed. Shared turbopumps for booster engines. First flight 1958.

Thrust (sl): 252.700 kN (56,809 lbf). Thrust (sl): 25,771 kgf. Engine: 460 kg (1,010 lb). Chamber Pressure: 48.00 bar. Area Ratio: 25. Propellant Formulation: Lox/RP-1. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 80.5173913043478. Coefficient of Thrust vacuum: 1.73727457790893. Coefficient of Thrust sea level: 1.21644124457559.

Country
USA
Propellants
Lox/Kerosene