Aerojet Rocketdyne's RL10C-X rocket engine to debut in 2025 on ULA Vulcan rocket
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- After years of development and testing, the latest iteration of one of the longest tenured rocket engines has a target debut date. On the 60th anniversary of the first successful use of the RL10 engine, Aerojet Rocketdyne announced the RL10C-X will first fly onboard a ULA Vulcan rocket in 2025.
RL10 engines have been used in multiple launch vehicles, like the Atlas V, Saturn 1, Delta IV and NASA's Space Launch System rocket.
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RL-10 first flew in 1962, and still holds the record for specific impulse to this day.
I know two of the guys @ 0:36 & 1:20 😂. Thats the West Palm Beach facility. It will always known to be a Pratt RL-10 (PW LSP). I stayed on the Pratt side during the split.
I worked in test and assy..the guys working on the engines in the video weren't any mechanics.. just engineers.. just the guys in the control room are test mechanics..
Wow excellent editing, thought I was watching a CNBC special on the RL-10! Excellent work Spaceflight Now🚀🛰️
No one watches CNBC
These rookies will be fking around for another 2 years while SpaceX will be orbiting the moon by then.
August 8, 2024 now.
SpaceX isn’t orbiting the moon yet, but you were right: these rookies are still fking around while 2 NASA astronauts are stranded on the ISS ….
1:35 I can't believe NASA has allied with the Daleks!
Thank you WRS for a great report on a historically important rocket engine! I am not even a Aerojet engineer or employee! Just a space nut!
Look at all the flanges and it's all non-reusable😢
Antique technology …… No creative genius ….
The RL-10 is a very good engine, why fix what isnt broken. Better to focus on things that really need improvment.
@@benzene_sandwich so it was a Ford model T
@@michaeldomansky8497 You misunderstand, the RL-10 is still the cutting edge of technology. You may say "it was made in the 50's" However, it has been upgraded numerous times to the point that nothing from the original engine remains. It is now 3-d printed, something even spacex doesnt do for merlin or raptor that i know of, and uses advanced inconel turbines, some of the highest grade ever built. Like it or not, the R-10 will be in service for many years to come. That being said, i agree that SpaceX's engines are also extremely advanced.
RL-10 first flew in 1963, and still holds the record for Specific Impulse to this day.
@@thesquirrel914 setting aside werid tripopellant engines, yeah.
The gigantic "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" tag is hilarious!
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Thank you for sharing.🙂🙂
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I want one
Ask to borrow one i'm sure they will let you have it.
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Aerojet is probably years behind SpaceX in engine development.
No one can touch SpaceX in development, they are just too hardware rich and move way too fast. Relativity and Stoke Space look promising as well as Firefly. ULA is about to be sold to Blue Origin.
I recently just left Aerojet.. built many models of the RL10 over the years.. its the same engine that was built in 1950..just a few changes..
This engine here we had so many problems with leaks around the turbo pump..it was embarrassing when the customer was watching our test runs and it would catch on fire. Ya space X is way ahead..
Umm.. The RL-10 has efficiency (known as Specific Impulse) that vastly out classes anything SpaceX has made thus far. Liquid Hydrogen is just a more energetic propellent. The RL-10 engine is responsible for almost ALL of the deep space exploration The United States has done thus far. So there you have it... You are just f***ing wrong.
@@mikem9572 If you really worked for areojet you would know that the RL-10 is miles ahead of the merlin vac in terms of efficiency and reliability.
Space is a funny industry. On one hand you have seventy years of reliable service and continuous improvement, and on the other you have a pile of scrap at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Somehow the scrap is more advanced.