SpaceX rocket engines - Wikipedia
WEBSince the founding of SpaceX in 2002, the company has developed four families of rocket engines — Merlin, Kestrel, Draco and SuperDraco — and since 2016 developed the Raptor methane rocket engine and after 2020, a line of methalox thrusters.
Falcon 9 - SpaceX
WEBFalcon 9’s first stage incorporates nine Merlin engines and aluminum-lithium alloy tanks containing liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant. Falcon 9 generates more than 1.7 million pounds of thrust at sea level.
SpaceX Raptor - Wikipedia
WEBRaptor is a family of rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the third rocket engine in history designed with a full-flow staged combustion (FFSC) fuel cycle, and the first such engine to power a vehicle in flight. [ 15 ]
Falcon Heavy - SpaceX
WEBFalcon Heavy’s first stage incorporates 27 Merlin engines across three aluminum-lithium alloy rocket cores containing liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant. Falcon Heavy generates more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.
SpaceX Merlin - Wikipedia
WEBMerlin is a family of rocket engines developed by SpaceX. They are currently a part of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, and were formerly used on the Falcon 1. Merlin engines use RP-1 and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants in a gas-generator power cycle.
Starship - SpaceX
WEBSuper Heavy is the first stage, or booster, of the Starship launch system. Powered by 33 Raptor engines using sub-cooled liquid methane (CH 4) and liquid oxygen (LOX), Super Heavy is fully reusable and will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere to land back at the launch site.
SpaceX shows off new iteration of its Starship's Raptor rocket engine
WEBAug 7, 2024 · SpaceX showed off its new version of Starship‘s methane powered rocket engines over the weekend. The new Raptor 3 engine is dramatically cleaner and more powerful then what SpaceX was using on its first Starship missions.
The wild physics of Raptor: SpaceX's methane-guzzling rocket engine - WIRED
WEBJul 31, 2019 · The wild physics of Elon Musk's methane-guzzling super-rocket. To get humans to Mars, SpaceX is building the mighty Starship spacecraft, powered by the Raptor engine - one of the first to be...
Inside SpaceX's Starship, the Most Massive Rocket Ever Built
WEBApr 17, 2023 · The first stage, known as the Super Heavy, stands 70 meters (230 ft.) tall and is powered by 33 engines—that’s compared to the SLS’s six and the Saturn V’s five—producing more than 7.6...
Starship: SpaceX tests the most powerful ever rocket system - BBC
WEBFeb 9, 2023 · Elon Musk's SpaceX company has performed a key test on its huge new rocket system, Starship. Engineers conducted what's called a "static fire", simultaneously igniting 31 out of 33 of the...