Comparison of orbital rocket engines explained
This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications.
Retired and canceled rocket engines
Engine | Origin | Designer | Vehicle | Use | Propellant | Power cycle | Specific impulse (s) | Thrust (N) | Chamber pressure (bar) | Mass (kg) | Thrust:weight ratio | Oxidiser:fuel ratio |
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Aeon 1 | | Relativity Space | | 1st | CH4 / LOX | Gas generator | | (SL)[67] | | | | |
Aeon 1 Vacuum | | Relativity Space | | 2nd | CH4 / LOX | Gas generator | | (SL) | | | | |
Aestus | | Airbus Defence and Space | Ariane 5 G, G+, ES | Upper | N2O4 / MMH | Pressure-fed | [68] | | | | | |
Aestus II | | Airbus Defence and Space | Ariane 5 | Upper | N2O4 / MMH | Gas generator | [69] | | | | | |
Aether | | Astra Space | Rocket 3.3 | 2nd | RP-1/LOX | Pressure-fed | | [70] | | | | |
AJ-60A | | Aerojet | Atlas V | Booster | HTPB | | | [71] | | | | |
AJ-260-2 | USA | Aerojet | S-I stage replacement (proposed) | 1st | PBAN | | | | | with fuel | | |
AR1 | | Aerojet Rocketdyne | | 1st | RP-1 / LOX | Staged, oxidizer-rich | | (SL)[72] | | | | |
Delphin | | Astra Space | Rocket 3.3 | 1st | RP-1/LOX[73] | Electric pump | | | 31 | | | |
F-1 | | Rocketdyne | Saturn V | 1st | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator | (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
F-1A[74] | | Rocketdyne | | 1st | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator | (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
Gamma 2 | | Bristol Siddeley | Black Arrow | 2nd | RP-1 / H2O2 | Staged, decomposition and combustion | [75] | | | | | |
Gamma 8 | | Bristol Siddeley | Black Arrow | 1st | RP-1 / H2O2 | Staged, decomposition and combustion | [76] | | | | | |
HM-7A | | Snecma | Ariane 1 | 3rd | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | [77] (SL) | | | | | |
HM-7B | | Snecma | Ariane 2, 3, 4, 5 ECA | Upper | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | [78] (SL)[79] | (SL) | | | | |
J-2 | | Rocketdyne | Saturn V, IB | 2nd, 3rd | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | [80] (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
J-2X | | Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne | SLS (proposed) | Upper | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | [81] | | | | | –4.5 |
Kestrel | | SpaceX | Falcon 1 | Upper | RP-1 / LOX | Pressure fed | | | | | | |
LE-5 | | Mitsubishi, NASDA | H-I | Upper | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | [82] | | | | | |
LE-5A | | Mitsubishi, NASDA | H-II | Upper | LH2 / LOX | Expander, open | [83] | | | | | |
LE-7 | | Mitsubishi, NASDA | H-II | 1st | LH2 / LOX | Staged combustion | [84] | (SL) | | | | |
M-1 | | Aerojet | | 1st, 2nd? | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | (SL) | | | | | |
Merlin 1D | | SpaceX | Falcon 9 v1.1 | 1st | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator | [85] (SL) | | | | | |
Merlin Vacuum 1C | | SpaceX | Falcon 1, 9 | 2nd | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator | [86] | | | | | |
NewtonThree | | Virgin Orbit | LauncherOne | Booster | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator[87] | | [88] | 70 | | | |
NewtonFour | | Virgin Orbit | LauncherOne | 2nd | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator | | | | | | |
P230 | | Avio | Ariane 5 | Booster | HTPB | | [89] (SL) | (SL) | | with fuel | |
RD-0120 11Д122 | | KBKhA | Energia | 1st | LH2 / LOX | Staged, fuel-rich | [90] | (SL) | | | | |
RD-8, 11D513 | | Pivdenne/Pivdenmash | | 2nd vernier | RP-1 / LOX | Staged, oxidizer-rich | | | | | | |
RD-56 (KVD-1) 11Д56У | | KBKhM | GSLV Mk I | Upper | LH2 / LOX | Staged, fuel-rich | [91] | | | | | |
RD-117 11Д511 | | NPO Energomash | Soyuz-U | 1st | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator | [92] (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
RD-118 11Д512 | | NPO Energomash | Soyuz-U | 2nd | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator | (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
RD-17011Д521[93] | | NPO Energomash | Energia | 1st | RP-1 / LOX | Staged, oxidizer-rich | (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
RD-181 | | NPO Energomash | Antares 200 | 1st | RP-1 / LOX | Staged, oxidizer-rich | [94] (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
RD-264 11Д119 | | NPO Energomash | | 1st | N2O4 / UDMH | Staged, oxidizer-rich | [95] (SL) | | | | | |
RD-270 8Д420 | | NPO Energomash | UR-700 (proposed), UR-900 (proposed) | 1st | N2O4 / UDMH | Staged, full-flow | [96] (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
RD-275 14Д14 | | NPO Energomash | | 1st | N2O4 / UDMH | Staged, oxidizer-rich | [97] (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
RD-854 8D612 | | Pivdenne/Pivdenmash | R-36ORB | 3rd | N2O4 / UDMH | Gas generator | | | | | | |
RD-855 8D68M | | Pivdenne/Pivdenmash | Tsyklon-2, -3, R-36 | 1st vernier | N2O4 / UDMH | Gas generator | | | | | | |
RD-856 8D69M | | Pivdenne/Pivdenmash | Tsyklon-2, -3 (-4), R-36 | 2nd vernier | N2O4 / UDMH | Gas generator | | | | | | |
RD-861 11D25 | | Pivdenne/Pivdenmash | Tsyklon-2, -3 | 3rd | N2O4 / UDMH | Gas generator | | | | | | |
RD-864 15D177 | | Pivdenne/Pivdenmash | | 3rd | N2O4 / UDMH | Gas generator | 298–309 | 8,450–20,200 | 17–41 | | | |
RD-869 15D300 | | Pivdenne/Pivdenmash | R-36M | 3rd | N2O4 / UDMH | Gas generator | 302.3–313 | 8,580–20,470 | 17–41 | | | |
RS-27A | | Rocketdyne | Delta | 1st | RP-1 / LOX | Gas generator | [98] (SL) | | | | | |
RS-68A | | Rocketdyne | Delta IV, IV Heavy | 1st | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | [99] (SL) | (SL) | | | | |
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster | | Thiokol | Space Shuttle, Ares I | Booster | PBAN / APCP | | | (SL) | | with fuel | | |
SRB-A | | IHI Aerospace, JAXA | H-IIA | Booster | HTPB | | [100] | | | with fuel | | |
UA1207 | | United Technologies | Titan IV | Booster | PBAN | | [101] (SL) | (SL) | | with fuel | | |
Viking 2 | | Snecma | Ariane 1 | 1st | N2O4 / UDMH | Gas generator | | (SL) | | | | |
Viking 2B | | Snecma | Ariane 2, 3 | 1st | N2O4 / UH 25 | Gas generator | | (SL) | | | | |
Viking 4 | | Snecma | Ariane 1 | 2nd | N2O4 / UDMH | Gas generator | | | | | | |
Viking 4B | | Snecma | Ariane 2, 3, 4 | 2nd | N2O4 / UH 25 | Gas generator | | | | | | |
Viking 5C | | Snecma | Ariane 4 | 1st | N2O4 / UH 25 | Gas generator | | (SL) | | | | |
Viking 6 | | Snecma | Ariane 4 | Booster | N2O4 / UH 25 | Gas generator | | | | | | |
Vulcain HM-60 | | Snecma | Ariane 5 | 1st | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | [102] (SL)[103] | (SL) | | | | |
Vulcain 2 | | Snecma | Ariane 5 | 1st | LH2 / LOX | Gas generator | [104] (SL)[105] | (SL) | | | | |
Waxwing | | Bristol Aerojet | Black Arrow | Upper | | | [106] (SL) | (SL) | | | | | |
See also
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