YF-100
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The YF-100 is currently China's most powerful LOX
& kerosene
rocket engine. Development began in the 2000s, with testing directed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) commencing in 2005. The engine had been successfully tested by mid-2007.
Lox
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& kerosene
Kerosene
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rocket engine. Development began in the 2000s, with testing directed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) commencing in 2005. The engine had been successfully tested by mid-2007.
Specifications
- Vacuum thrust: 1366 kN (307,089 lbf)
- Vacuum specific impulse: 336 s (336 lbf·s/lb; 3.3 kN·s/kg)
- Sea level thrust: 1223.5 kN (275,053.7 lbf)
- Sea level specific impulse: 300 s (300 lbf·s/lb; 2.9 kN·s/kg)
- Burn time: 155 s (estimated)
- Engine weight: TBA
- Exit to throat area ratio: TBA
- Propellants: LOX & kerosene
- Mixture ratio: 2.70
- Design: TBA
- Diameter: TBA
- Chambers: TBA
- Chamber pressure: TBA
- Thrust to weight ratio: TBA
- Restartable: TBA
- Contractor: China Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology
- Vehicle Application: Long MarchLong March rocketA Long March rocket or Chang Zheng rocket as in Chinese pinyin is any rocket in a family of expendable launch systems operated by the People's Republic of China. Development and design falls under the auspices of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology...
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