YF-215
| Country of origin | China |
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| Designer | Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology |
| AssociatedLV | Long March 9 |
| Status | In development |
| Liquid-fuel engine | |
| Propellant | LOX/CH4 |
| Cycle | Full-flowstaged combustion |
| Configuration | |
| Chamber | 1 |
| Performance | |
| Thrust, sea-level | 2,000 kilonewtons (450,000 lbf) |
TheYF-215is aliquidcryogenicrocket engineburningliquid methaneandliquid oxygenin afull-flow staged combustion cycle.The engine is currently under development and is designed to power thesuper-heavy launch vehicleLong March 9.
History
[edit]The YF-215 engine has been designed to power the first stage of the Long March 9 rocket, with 26 of these engines in the first stage.[1]A successful ignition test of the pre-combustion chamber and gas generator of the engine was conducted on 12 May 2023.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Jones, Andrew (27 November 2023)."China makes progress on Raptor-like engines for super heavy rocket".SpaceNews.Retrieved21 May2024.
- ^Beil, Adrian (17 May 2023)."Beidou-3 G4 gets launched and Chinese Raptor gets tested, as it receives its own name".NASASpaceFlight.Retrieved21 May2024.
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