The RL10B-2 is a unique cryogenic upper stage engine in the long line of Pratt & Whitney dependable rocket engines.
Derived from the core of the legendary RL10 that built a reputation as NASA’s most reliable upper stage engine, the RL10B-2 features the world’s largest carbon-carbon extendible nozzle. This high-expansion ratio nozzle enables the RL10B-2 to achieve a remarkable 465.5 seconds of specific impulse and lift payloads of up to 30,000 lbs.
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The RL10B-2 currently powers the upper stage of the medium and heavy-lift versions of Boeing’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) and commercial offerings, the Delta IV, in addition to the upper stage of the Delta III.
Thrust: 24,750 lb
Weight: 664 lb
Fuel/oxidizer: Liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen
Mixture ratio: 5.88:1
Specific impulse: 465.5 sec
Starts (total): 15
Service life (total): 3500 sec
Expansion ratio: 280:1
Length: (stowed) 86.5, (deployed) 163.5
Diameter (nozzle extension): 84.5
Books:
- Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid-Propellant Rocket
Engines (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol 147
from Amazon.com,
Amazon.co.uk
- Rocket Propulsion Elements, 7th Edition by George P. Sutton (Author), Oscar Biblarz (Author)
-
Rocket Exhaust Plume Phenomenology
by
Frederick S. Simmons
from
Amazon.com,
Amazon.co.uk
- Amateur Rocket Motor
Construction: A Complete Guide To The Construction Of Homemade Solid Fuel Rocket
Motors
from
Amazon.com
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Updated: Sunday 13th, April, 2008
