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MB-3-3

Engine · USA

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MB-1/MB-3
MB-1/MB-3
Credit: © Mark Wade

Rocketdyne LOx/Kerosene rocket engine. Out of Production. License built in Japan for H-1. First flight 1964.

Thrust (sl): 756.100 kN (169,978 lbf). Thrust (sl): 77,104 kgf. Engine: 723 kg (1,593 lb). Chamber Pressure: 39.00 bar. Area Ratio: 8. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 122.240663900415. Coefficient of Thrust vacuum: 1.55303875500592. Coefficient of Thrust sea level: 1.35791680378641.

Country
USA
Propellants
Lox/Kerosene