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  Space Exploration Technologies Corporation - SpaceX 

  http://www.spacex.com/

  As winner of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services competition, SpaceX is designing and building the Falcon 9 human-rated launch vehicle and Dragon spaceship to transport cargo and then astronauts ... to the International Space Station. Improving The Cost & Reliability of Satellite Transportation The Falcon launch vehicle family is designed to carry both small and large satellites to missions ranging from Earth orbit to inter-planetary missions at significantly lower cost and higher reliability than prior launch vehicle designs.   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 8 October 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Space Exploration Technologies Corporation - Press 

  http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=33

  New, More Powerful Engine to Launch Both Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 Rockets HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced today that it has completed development ... of its Merlin 1C next generation liquid fueled rocket booster engine. It is among the highest performing gas generator cycle kerosene engines ever built, exceeding the Boeing Delta II main engine, the Lockheed Atlas II main engine, and on par with the Saturn V F-1 engine. The Merlin 1C is an improved version of the Merlin 1A ablatively cooled engine, which lofted the Falcon 1 on its first flight in March 2006 and second flight in March 2007. The regeneratively cooled Merlin 1C uses rocket propellant grade kerosene (RP-1), a refined form of jet fuel, to first cool the combustion chamber and nozzle before being combined with the liquid oxygen to create thrust. This cooling allows for higher performance without significantly increasing engine mass. “ We performed the final test in the deve   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 20 November 2007, by: Dan Hanley  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  spacex, 1c, booster, exploration, falcon 1 , falcon 9, fueled, liquid, merlin, rocket, space, falcon   [More...] [Less...]