XCOR Aerospace has reached several significant milestones in the 5K18 rocket engine test program. The engine is powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene and can produce up to 2900 lbf of thrust. The XCOR\’s Lynx suborbital spacecraft will use four 5K18 engines and it will be able to perform suborbital flights.
“Like all of our rocket engines, this engine has demonstrated the ability to be stopped and re-started using our safe and reliable spark torch ignition system”, said XCOR CEO Jeff Greason. “The basic cooling design has also been completed and the engine is able to run continuously at thermal equilibrium. With those milestones reached, the 5K18 test program is now moving forward into a second phase of tuning and optimization, in which we will also greatly increase our cumulative run time.”
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