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RL10

The RL10 is a liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine built in the United States by Aerojet Rocketdyne that burns cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants. Modern versions produce up to 110 kN (24,700 lbf) of thrust per engine in vacuum. RL10 versions were produced for the Centaur upper stage of the Atlas V and the DCSS of the Delta IV. More…

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Application
Upper stage engine
Associated LV
Atlas · Delta III · Delta IV · Saturn I · SLS · Titan IIIE · Titan IV · Vulcan Centaur Canceled: DC-X · OmegA · Shuttle-Centaur · EUS
Country of origin
United States
Cycle
Expander cycle
Diameter
2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
Dry mass
301 kg (664 lb)

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RL10

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Engines on display · 56
RL10 → Aerospace Engineering Department, AlabamaAn RL10, An RL-10, An RL10, An RL10A-1, An RL10A-4, An RL10B-2, Apix, Apollo, Aquarium, Auburn University, Baton Rouge, CA, Cernan Earth, Chicago, ConnecticutAn RL10, Cosmosphere Space Museum, Cox Science Center, Davis Hall, Development Center
related to Current · 27
RL10 → An Atlas, Centaur, Centaur III, DCSS, DEC, Early, Engines, ICPS, Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, January, On May, RL10A-4-2, RL10B-2, RL10C-1, RL10C-1-1, RL10E, RS-25 Space Shuttle Main, SBIRS-5, SBIRS-6, SEC
related to Cancelled · 24
RL10 → ACES, Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage, Aerojet Rocketdyne's, Airbus Safran's Vinci, Another, As, Blue Origin's BE-3U, Cleanup, DCSS, Delta Cryogenic Second Stage, Exploration Upper Stage, In April, L2, LEO, Long-duration ACES, National Security Space Launch, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, OmegA, OmegA Upper Stage, RL10C-3
related to history · 16
RL10 → Atlas, Centaur, Development Center, Florida, For, Marshall Space Flight Center, November, Pratt, RL10A-3, The, The RL10, United States, USAF Lunex, West Palm Beach, Whitney, Whitney's Florida Research
related to Improvements · 13
RL10 → According, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Beginning, Building, Centaur, DCSS, RL10C-X, RL10E-1, The RL10, The RL10B-2, The RL10C-1-1, This, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan
related to Early 2010s possible successor · 8
RL10 → Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10, Associated Director Technical, Dale Thomas, In, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, US Air Force, USAF
related to Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine · 7
RL10 → CECE, Chugging, Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine, In, NASA, Pratt, Whitney Rocketdyne
related to External links · 3
RL10 → AstronautixSpaceflight Now, Now, RL10B-2
is a · 2
RL10 → liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine built in the United States by Aerojet Rocketdyne that burns cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants, very old engine
Application · 1
RL10 → Upper stage engine

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engine stage upper centaur space launch engines display used versions vulcan development rocket atlas dcss first rl10b-2 rocketdyne use version

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RL10ApplicationUpper stage engine1.00infobox
RL10Associated LVAtlas · Delta III · Delta IV · Saturn I · SLS · Titan IIIE · Titan IV · Vulcan Centaur Canceled: DC-X · OmegA · Shuttle-Centaur · EUS1.00infobox
RL10Country of originUnited States1.00infobox
RL10CycleExpander cycle1.00infobox
RL10Diameter2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)1.00infobox
RL10Dry mass301 kg (664 lb)1.00infobox
RL10First flight1962 (1962) (RL10A-1)1.00infobox
RL10Length4.15 m (13.6 ft) w/ nozzle extended1.00infobox
RL10ManufacturerAerojet Rocketdyne1.00infobox
RL10Mixture ratio5.88:11.00infobox
RL10NotesPerformance values and dimensions are for RL10B-2.1.00infobox
RL10Nozzle ratio84:1 or 280:11.00infobox
RL10PropellantLOX / .mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-a…1.00infobox
RL10Specific impulse, vacuum465.5 s (4.565 km/s)1.00infobox
RL10StatusIn production1.00infobox
RL10Thrust, vacuum110.1 kN (24,800 lbf)1.00infobox
RL10is aliquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine built in the United States by Aerojet Rocketdyne that burns cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants0.90text
RL10is avery old engine0.90text

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